UK govt minister quits in protest over Cummings lockdown trip
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under increasing pressure to drop his support for aide Dominic Cummings, as a minister quits in protest over the latter flouting a national lockdown recently. – EPA pic, May 26, 2020.
UK PRIME Minister Boris Johnson’s government was hit by its first resignation today over the controversy surrounding top aide Dominic Cummings’ cross-country trip during the Covid-19 lockdown when Douglas Ross, a minister for Scotland, quit in protest. Undermining attempts by ministers to try and move on from the crisis, which has dominated British politics for four days, Ross said he could not justify Cummings remaining in post to his constituents.
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