Mr Poole asks Mr Hancock and Ms Coladangelo to think "really hard" about whether they could have broken any Covid rules.He adds: "The worst they can do is 'kissed before they legalised hugs'."
But then Mr Hancock asks his adviser to clarify what exactly the rules were at the time of the photograph.This ranges from acknowledging he "breached the social distancing rules" - which Matt Hancock says he doesn't think he can do, adding, "I think I just went against the clinical advice" - to saying that "no rules were broken".
In one exchange, Matt Hancock cites social distancing guidance for workers at the time saying that workers should "maintain social distancing guidelines wherever possible", to which his adviser responds: "Yes, but it was possible. Clearly. From the picture." In a separate published exchange, Matt Hancock seeks the advice of the former chancellor George Osborne about a video statement he was due to put out.
Mr Osborne says it is "good" but suggests he probably wants to "include the apology to your loved ones you have in the letter".
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