The troubling political calculations behind Cummings' decision to break lockdown rules

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The troubling political calculations behind Cummings' decision to break lockdown rules
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Lockdown can be seen as a type of ‘public good’: we all benefit from an effective lockdown. But the strident support of Cummings shows us what Tory ministers really think about British people’s limited ability to do the right thing

with a family member who had coronavirus symptoms, when the whole family should have been self-isolating together.

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