Yes, I agree, it's all gone on too long. The Spanish Flu came at the end of a very crushing and devastating World War so people had more important things to worry about.
Once again, and not for the first time, you miss the point. He was a Minister of the Crown and standards are involved and expected to be upheld. Whether or not he broke any law is by the by.
The World has changed a lot in the last few years and he who is not ‘connected’ is at a disadvantage. Now, after Covid, more and more bookings and arrangements are being done online.
Jack Charlton said something similar about him and his brother Bobby. Jack said that football didn’t have a grip on him yet Bobby was the sort who, if he was driving past a local game of football and a corner was being taken had to stop and see what the outcome was.
I’m in the Bobby camp.
I don't have any other examples but there again I don't normally go looking for them. This search was triggered by the US example.
You can always find a reason not to do something if you look hard enough.