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“Why then do you still feel unable to share your true thoughts on social media – or even guilty for associating with those that you’d like to?”

“You can’t have one law for Downing Street and another law for everybody else,” he says.

“He’s of the belief that he’s stuck within the guidance…it does allow for people who have worries about family members”.

“It will cover all the way from Penrith to Scotch Corner…I had hoped to get a bit of time to talk about things I’m an expert in.”

“No one is indispensable…He should go today. If he doesn’t we shall just be talking about this until he goes.”

…You-know-who. The Transport Secretary insists that the Prime Minister’s adviser was following the guidelines.

Questioned while arriving home, he says that he is “obviously not” going to consider his position.

Questioned while leaving home, he says he behaved “reasonably and legally” – and berates photographers for breaking social distancing rules.

The new measures will apply to residents and foreign nationals, with exemptions for limited categories of people, including arrivals from Ireland.

Elsewhere, the Prime Minister U-turned on the proposed surcharge on non-EU migrant health and care staff to help meet the costs of the NHS.

That’s for the first time since March. The Culture Secretary says that he’d like to see elite sports back up and running in some form by mid-June.

The Prime Minister counters that the advice was changed, referrals fell, and that deaths in care settings have fallen.

And he appeals to furloughed workers to apply for agriculture jobs, since there will be a shortage of fruit and vegetable pickers this season.

“We will do that from a number of very careful and deliberate steps… We’ve adopted a balanced approach, guided at all times by the science.”

He reports that Oxford University is trialling it and Imperial College is also attempting to find one.