Quote Originally Posted by Mike T View Post
Different offences - apples and pears. Both are fruit, but different fruit. Yes, there are worse offences than driving to Barnard Castle to test your eye sight - but this is not an excuse in law.
No, they're both breaches of the lockdown rules, one just happens to be far more serious than the other.

You said "As to the minor - it is a bit like being a little bit pregnant." But it's not because a more serious breach of the rules is more likely to lead to infection in others. So whether a breach is minor or serious is wholly relevant.