17 doesn’t seem like nothing when it was clearly chosen - the phrase used in all the articles on this is “up to 17”; if the authors were going to be imprecise with “up to” they could’ve picked any realistic number, but went with 17. Moreover, the article seems designed to piss people off with the image of class division / double standards / hypocrisy. Boris is cabal and is likely getting his just like his former health secretary who supposedly got caught in public with a side woman but no mask.

17 doesn’t seem like nothing when it was clearly chosen - the phrase used in all the articles on this is “up to 17”; if the authors were going to be imprecise with “up to” they could’ve picked any realistic number, but went with 17. Moreover, the article seems designed to piss people off with the image of class division / double standards / hypocrisy. Boris is cabal and is likely getting his just like his former health minister who supposedly got caught in public with a side woman but no mask.