The Durham Police statement pretty much exactly as I predicted in @thetimes https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/durham-police-investigate-dominic-cummings-case-at-highest-levels-xsqltgtfh">https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/d... https://twitter.com/jonwalker121/status/1265979637210939392">https://twitter.com/jonwalker...

This is another important point - if they are not taking retrospective action in respect of members of the public generally, they should treat Cummings the same. I think they *could* in theory give a retrospective fine (regs dont seem to prevent that) https://twitter.com/jonwalker121/status/1265980065474662401?s=20">https://twitter.com/jonwalker...

Here is an interesting point which will I imagine please @SeethingMead - the police are focussing on these being public health powers so are taking into account the public health risk of his actions - I think that& #39;s right... https://twitter.com/jonwalker121/status/1265979693704065030?s=20">https://twitter.com/jonwalker...

... but it is different to & #39;ordinary& #39; policing and does add to the complication. I wrote about this in The Telegraph on why policing the coronavirus crisis is basically impossible (or at least almost impossible) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/10/policing-coronavirus-lockdown-impossible-task-will-lead-wrongful/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020...

And as much as will frustrate people (perhaps due to politics as much as principle) that police are generally not prosecuting reports of older breaches, I think from a & #39;preserving social fabric& #39; perspective this is not a bad thing. Wrote about that re encouraging public report..