Oh, and timing????
I hope that it IS based around something as mundane as by elections, because if there is any suggestion that it has been done to undermine government messaging on tightening restrictions for Omicron then that would be tantamount to being manslaughter/pure evil wouldn't it?
Surely someone who claims to understand human psychology, and who saw how the public baulked at following restrictions once 'a senior govt figure' broke the rules, wouldn't be as careless to release information on 'govt figures' breaking the rules a year earlier, just as new restrictions are being introduced to combat the latest variant..... knowing that sections of the public will latch onto it to avoid complying and therefore compromising the nation's health.... would they?