Is asking a simple question really breaking the ministerial code?

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In her situation, being a minister with a security detail, I thought that Braverman’s approach was quite sensible (PA)

It is amazing how things change over the years. When I lived in England in the Sixties, Seventies, Eighties and Nineties, it was neither illegal, immoral, nor unethical to ask a simple question. Not today, sad to say.

We have a situation where Suella Braverman, who happens to be the home secretary, was caught speeding. She was obliged to attend a speed awareness course as part of the punishment and she asked if she could attend the course privately. In her situation, being a minister with a security detail to protect her, I thought that this was quite sensible as it would avoid the security detail having to do security checks on the other attendees.

Keir Starmer and others of his ilk, including the media, deemed she had broken the ministerial code. How can this be possible as she had only asked a question? I find their behaviour dishonest and disloyal.