Politicians are used to the fact that their everyday lives are not quite the orderly channels of ordinary citizens.
Markus Söder once expressed this very frankly when he declared the blue light ride to be the privilege of his class.
In a democracy, the use of legal privileges is tricky.
But if it is about open rule violations and there is also an emergency like in the pandemic, then it can become toxic.
This is particularly evident in the UK, where Prime Minister Johnson is faced with reports following the home renovation affair that he attended a garden party at his official residence during the first lockdown.
In essence, it is about the question of whether a government has to live by the rules that it sets itself.
In Great Britain we are used to the elite taking some liberties.
But of course rules and laws apply to everyone there too.
Should it turn out that the party was as illegal as it appears, Johnson would be more discredited as head of government than by his previous scandals.
That at No.
10 at a time when there were not even vaccinations, when such a celebration was even scheduled, testifies to carelessness and irresponsibility.
The fact that not all of the invitees came shows that it was understandable how inappropriate the event was.