Tory MPs demand Dominic Cummings resign over claims PM’s top aide broke lockdown three times
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps failed to answer questions during an appearance on Sky News
The scandal even hit the streets of Mr Cummings home, with campaigners today setting up a huge screen blaring clips of Boris Johnson stating “you must stay at home” outside his house. It comes after a witness claimed he saw Cummings at a beauty spot 30 miles away when he says he was self-isolating withHe was then claimed to have been seen walking with his family in Durham a week later.Sunday MirrorOne resident who was not named claimed the political strategist said as he walked past: “Aren’t the bluebells lovely?"he also saw Cummings a week earlier on Easter Sunday at Barnard Castle, a popular tourist location 30 miles away from Durham.
Asked if his trip to Durham during lockdown "looked good", he added: “Who cares about good looks? It’s a question of doing the right thing. It’s not about what you guys think.” Only in exceptional circumstances were people allowed to attend relatives' addresses; for example, to drop off food or medicine to their door.
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