May 24, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 7 months ago

May 24, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

Cummings outside his London home on Saturday. The saga engulfing Downing Street dominates newspaper front pages in the UK, as anger grows over reports that Boris Johnson’s top aide ignored lockdown rules to make multiple trips across England. THE OBSERVER: Fresh claims that Cummings broke virus lockdown rules #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Dc3ry7Zkek — Neil Henderson May 23, 2020 Both papers, which worked on the story together, led their Sunday editions with the new claims and the calls for Johnson to sack Cummings. The front page of The Sunday Telegraph : 'Cummings faces fresh claims that he broke lockdown as row engulfs No 10' #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/4QSX7KOPNG — The Telegraph May 23, 2020 The Telegraph, which counts the Prime Minister among its former columnists, splashed on the second claims – which were revealed just in time on Saturday night to cause a new wave of questions on Sunday. The Mail on Sunday meanwhile dedicated several pages of coverage to the scandal, while the Sunday Times led on Johnson’s defense of his aide but noted that “voters demand Cummings resign” in its subhed.

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Michael Gove’s explosive texts over No10’s Covid mistakes revealed
1 year, 1 month ago

Michael Gove’s explosive texts over No10’s Covid mistakes revealed

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On yet another explosive day at the official Covid inquiry, it emerged: Mr Gove wanted …

Watch: Chief medical officer Chris Whitty gives evidence to Britain’s Covid inquiry
1 year, 1 month ago

Watch: Chief medical officer Chris Whitty gives evidence to Britain’s Covid inquiry

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Watch as chief medical officer …

What is the latest from Dominic Cummings on No 10’s handling of the Covid crisis?
1 year, 2 months ago

What is the latest from Dominic Cummings on No 10’s handling of the Covid crisis?

The Independent  

Dominic Cummings’s bravura performance at the Hallett inquiry has obviously attracted huge attention, and not just because of his potty-mouthed ways. As Cummings explains in paragraph 465 of his witness statement: “A low point was when he circulated a video of a guy blowing a special hair dryer up his nose ‘to kill Covid’ and asked the CSA and CMO …

What we have learned from the Covid inquiry so far this week
1 year, 2 months ago

What we have learned from the Covid inquiry so far this week

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. – Downing Street and governmental …

Covid was ‘wrong crisis’ for Boris Johnson to handle, ex-Comms chief tells inquiry
1 year, 2 months ago

Covid was ‘wrong crisis’ for Boris Johnson to handle, ex-Comms chief tells inquiry

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Lee Cain, his long-term adviser who served as No 10’s communications director in the pandemic, …

Boris Johnson’s former top aide is withering about UK government during COVID-19 pandemic inquiry
1 year, 2 months ago

Boris Johnson’s former top aide is withering about UK government during COVID-19 pandemic inquiry

Associated Press  

LONDON — The former top aide to ex-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday painted a picture of widespread chaos and dysfunction in the U.K. government during the coronavirus pandemic. He went to work in Downing Street when Johnson became prime minister in 2019, filling a loosely defined but powerful role that saw him dubbed “Boris’ brain.” At one point …

During pandemic, chaos reigned in British government, ex-aide to Boris Johnson says
1 year, 2 months ago

During pandemic, chaos reigned in British government, ex-aide to Boris Johnson says

LA Times  

Former chief advisor to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings arrives to give a statement to the U.K. COVID-19 Inquiry at Dorland House in London on Tuesday. He went to work in Downing Street when Johnson became prime minister in 2019, filling a loosely defined but powerful role that saw him dubbed “Boris’ brain.” In May 2020 it was revealed …

Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings’s secret Covid WhatsApp messages revealed
1 year, 2 months ago

Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings’s secret Covid WhatsApp messages revealed

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The messages also revealed that Mr Cummings told his boss that some civil servants wanted …

UK health chief's leaked messages revive raw pandemic debate
1 year, 10 months ago

UK health chief's leaked messages revive raw pandemic debate

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Hancock shared his WhatsApp messages with …

Lord Frost: Covid lockdowns were a serious mistake – the Government needs to do ‘stuff that works’
2 years, 11 months ago

Lord Frost: Covid lockdowns were a serious mistake – the Government needs to do ‘stuff that works’

The Telegraph  

Lord Frost has accused the Government of “Covid theatre”, as he called on Boris Johnson to scrap mask mandates and warned that the country will look back on lockdowns as a “serious public policy mistake”. Speaking to this week’s episode of The Telegraph’s Planet Normal podcast, which you can listen to using the audio player above, Lord Frost also said …

Dutch coronavirus policy at a dead-end, New coronavirus minister needed, says Labour MP
3 years ago

Dutch coronavirus policy at a dead-end, New coronavirus minister needed, says Labour MP

NL Times  

The Tweede Kamer will cut short its winter recess, which officially began on Friday, to hold a debate Tuesday on the new lockdown the Cabinet implemented over the weekend. Labour MP Attje Kuiken, who sits on the Tweede Kamer’s public health committee, indicated she was aggravated by the Cabinet’s sudden decision to put the country in a lockdown that will …

No relation to reality: UK PM brushes off ex-aide' claims that govt delays caused huge Covid toll
3 years, 7 months ago

No relation to reality: UK PM brushes off ex-aide' claims that govt delays caused huge Covid toll

India Today  

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday brushed aside allegations from his former chief aide that his failings had caused tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths from COVID-19, saying "some of the commentary" bore no relation to reality. "Some of the commentary I've heard doesn't bear any relation to reality," Johnson told reporters, saying the public wanted the government to …

‘Disastrous’ mistakes caused tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths from Covid, says Dominic Cummings
3 years, 7 months ago

‘Disastrous’ mistakes caused tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths from Covid, says Dominic Cummings

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a remarkable seven-hour evidence session before a parliamentary inquiry, Mr Cummings said the prime …

COVID updates: Positive case attended Docklands Stadium AFL match between Essendon and North Melbourne — as it happened
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID updates: Positive case attended Docklands Stadium AFL match between Essendon and North Melbourne — as it happened

ABC  

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson would have been willing to inject himself with coronavirus as he was so sceptical COVID-19 was a threat, his former top aide Dominic Cummings told parliament on Wednesday. Mr Cummings said that officials worried Mr Johnson would not have been constructive in planning for the severity of the pandemic had he chaired emergency "COBR" meetings. …

British PM Boris Johnson believed COVID-19 was 'scare story', former chief adviser Dominic Cummings tells inquiry
3 years, 7 months ago

British PM Boris Johnson believed COVID-19 was 'scare story', former chief adviser Dominic Cummings tells inquiry

ABC  

Dominic Cummings, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's former chief adviser, says the government's response to COVID-19 has been a failure and fallen "disastrously short" of the standards the public has a right to expect. Key points: Dominic Cummings said the Western world was too slow to "see the smoke" when coronavirus began spreading in Asia Dominic Cummings said the Western …

Fury as Labour MP Valerie Vaz suggests PM's Covid scare exaggerated
3 years, 7 months ago

Fury as Labour MP Valerie Vaz suggests PM's Covid scare exaggerated

Daily Mail  

Labour's Valerie Vaz issued a grovelling apology tonight after suggesting Boris Johnson pretended to be seriously ill with coronavirus. 'I never intended to give the suggestion that the Prime Minister was not seriously ill.' As she spoke about Mr Cummings' Twitter condemnation of the stance taken by ministers in March last year, Ms Vaz said: 'The PM was in hospital …

Britain remembers 126,000 COVID-19 victims one year after coronavirus lockdown began
3 years, 9 months ago

Britain remembers 126,000 COVID-19 victims one year after coronavirus lockdown began

ABC  

It was a time for reflection, a minute to pause and remember the dead. Back then, Boris Johnson said the UK could "turn the tide" and "send the virus packing" within 12 weeks. A year on from the day he announced a national lockdown, and with the country still in a state of paralysis, the British leader thanked the public …

Matt Hancock hits back at Dominic Cummings as he declares vaccine rollout was a 'team effort'
3 years, 9 months ago

Matt Hancock hits back at Dominic Cummings as he declares vaccine rollout was a 'team effort'

The Telegraph  

Matt Hancock has hit back at Dominic Cummings after his extraordinary attack on the Department of Health, in which he said the "obviously disastrous" handling of the pandemic showed it was "just a smoking ruin". The Health Secretary insisted the vaccine rollout had been a "team effort" between his department, the vaccine taskforce and the NHS, just hours after Mr …

Boris Johnson says move to ease lockdown will be ‘irreversible’
3 years, 10 months ago

Boris Johnson says move to ease lockdown will be ‘irreversible’

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. What we want to see is progress that is cautious but irreversible and I think …

Roadmap out of lockdown will be 'cautious, but irreversible', says Boris Johnson
3 years, 10 months ago

Roadmap out of lockdown will be 'cautious, but irreversible', says Boris Johnson

The Telegraph  

The roadmap out of lockdown will be "cautious but irreversible", Boris Johnson has said, as he stressed the need for coronavirus rates to come "really, really low" first. During a visit to a vaccine centre, the Prime Minister said his roadmap would include dates "by which we hope we can do something at the earliest", following demands from backbench Tories …

Johnson under fire as UK again faces onslaught of COVID-19
3 years, 11 months ago

Johnson under fire as UK again faces onslaught of COVID-19

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Whereas before, everyone went into a mode of, ‘We …

Johnson under fire as UK again faces onslaught of COVID-19
3 years, 11 months ago

Johnson under fire as UK again faces onslaught of COVID-19

Associated Press  

LONDON — The crisis facing Britain this winter is depressingly familiar: Stay-at-home orders and empty streets. Britain locked down on March 23, and Costello said if the decision had come a week or two sooner, “we would be back down at 30,000-40,000 deaths.. More like Germany.” “And the problem is, they’ve repeated these delays,” said Costello, a member of Independent …

Cabinet considering lockdown extension through Feb. 2
4 years ago

Cabinet considering lockdown extension through Feb. 2

NL Times  

Dutch officials are looking into the possibility of extending the lockdown for two weeks past the initial end date of January 19, NOS reported based on interviews with anonymous government sources. The Cabinet is concerned that the number of daily new coronavirus infections is still too high after three weeks of a hard lockdown, which also covered the Christmas and …

Coronavirus | U.K. PM Boris Johnson announces nationwide lockdown
4 years ago

Coronavirus | U.K. PM Boris Johnson announces nationwide lockdown

The Hindu  

Nearly 56 million people in England will return to a full coronavirus lockdown, possibly until mid-February, to try to cut spiralling infection rates, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday. Mr. Johnson said that as of Monday, almost 27,000 people with Covid were in hospital — 40% more than at the peak of first wave of the outbreak on April …

Britain Returns To Lockdown To Fight Coronavirus Variant
4 years ago

Britain Returns To Lockdown To Fight Coronavirus Variant

NPR  

Britain Returns To Lockdown To Fight Coronavirus Variant Enlarge this image toggle caption Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images England will go under a new strict national lockdown through mid-February in an attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a Monday address. This move is the country's latest …

London could be under lockdown for months, 'very difficult' to control new coronavirus strain: UK Health Secy
4 years ago

London could be under lockdown for months, 'very difficult' to control new coronavirus strain: UK Health Secy

India TV News  

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned that London could be under a lockdown for months, as it will be "very difficult" to keep a highly infectious mutant strain of the novel coronavirus under control until vaccinations are rolled out. His remarks on Sunday came just hours after the new Tier Four restrictions came into force in the British capital …

Britain warns new Covid-19 virus strain ’out of control’, UK flights banned
4 years ago

Britain warns new Covid-19 virus strain ’out of control’, UK flights banned

Live Mint  

U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned that the new strain of the coronavirus is “out of control” and suggested parts of England will be stuck in the new, highest tier of restrictions until a vaccine is rolled out. The government faced criticism for imposing an effective lockdown just days before Christmas, but Matt Hancock said the decision was taken speedily …

Inside Politics: Boris Johnson considers Christmas amnesty
4 years, 1 month ago

Inside Politics: Boris Johnson considers Christmas amnesty

The Independent  

The new dystopian era we find ourselves in continues to surprise: government scientists are now suggesting the cost of spending one day with relatives over the Christmas period may have to be repaid with five days of tough restrictions afterwards. Sir Keir said he had “undermined” efforts to restore confidence in the party’s ability to tackle antisemitism following the damning …

Coronavirus: UK may have to pay for family Christmas with tighter restrictions after the break
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus: UK may have to pay for family Christmas with tighter restrictions after the break

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And the prime minister’s deputy chief scientific adviser, Dame Angela McLean, said that if social …

UK PM Boris Johnson urged for government reset after top aide’s exit row
4 years, 1 month ago

UK PM Boris Johnson urged for government reset after top aide’s exit row

Live Mint  

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is being urged by his Conservative Party colleagues to unleash a reset at the heart of government after weeks of bitter power struggles ended in the immediate departure of his top aide Dominic Cummings. He welcomed Johnson's "decisive action" in removing Cummings, an extremely divisive figure within the party ranks, and called on him …

The rise and fall of Dominic Cummings — and what comes next at No 10
4 years, 1 month ago

The rise and fall of Dominic Cummings — and what comes next at No 10

The Independent  

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. One senior Downing …

UK PM Boris Johnson pressured on fresh lockdown as Covid-19 at ‘critical stage’
4 years, 2 months ago

UK PM Boris Johnson pressured on fresh lockdown as Covid-19 at ‘critical stage’

Live Mint  

The policy response to coronavirus in England isn’t succeeding in controlling the disease’s spread, scientists said Thursday, adding pressure on U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson to introduce another national lockdown. “The second wave of the epidemic in England has now reached a critical stage.” The stark results of the Imperial study come as Johnson faces growing calls to impose even …

Coronavirus: Northern leaders’ fury at Boris Johnson, as Downing Street refuses to confirm details of coming lockdown restrictions
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus: Northern leaders’ fury at Boris Johnson, as Downing Street refuses to confirm details of coming lockdown restrictions

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We are keeping the data under close review and considering a range of options to …

Coronavirus: Timeline of key events since UK was put into lockdown six months ago
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus: Timeline of key events since UK was put into lockdown six months ago

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. - 30 April: In his first Downing Street press conference since being hospitalised for …

How did the UK end up back on the brink of a second national coronavirus lockdown?
4 years, 3 months ago

How did the UK end up back on the brink of a second national coronavirus lockdown?

ABC  

With ominous warnings that the UK could be facing 50,000 new coronavirus cases a day by mid-October, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a raft of new restrictions to try to contain the spread of the disease. Key points: Face masks are now mandatory in England on public transport, in taxis, and while shopping Employees have been urged to work …

After months of over-promising and under-delivering, Number 10 has finally changed tack
4 years, 3 months ago

After months of over-promising and under-delivering, Number 10 has finally changed tack

The Telegraph  

Remember when Boris Johnson had to apologise for being "unnecessarily boosterish" about coronavirus? That was back on March 19, when an upbeat Prime Minister told the daily Downing Street press conference that the next 12 weeks could "turn the tide of this disease". Flanked by his chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, and his chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty, …

UK PM Johnson Ponders Second Coronavirus Lockdown as Outbreak Accelerates
4 years, 3 months ago

UK PM Johnson Ponders Second Coronavirus Lockdown as Outbreak Accelerates

News 18  

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is pondering a second national COVID-19 lockdown as the novel coronavirus outbreak accelerates. New COVID-19 cases are rising by at least 6,000 per day in Britain, according to week-old data, hospital admissions are doubling every eight days and the testing system is buckling. “We’re certainly at a very critical moment this morning,” Transport Secretary Grant …

Boris Johnson can’t wake up from his Covid-19 nightmare as UK coronavirus cases double ‘roughly every seven days’
4 years, 3 months ago

Boris Johnson can’t wake up from his Covid-19 nightmare as UK coronavirus cases double ‘roughly every seven days’

CNN  

London CNN — The number of coronavirus cases in the UK is doubling roughly every seven days, according to the country’s chief scientific advisor, Patrick Vallance. “If we don’t act, the virus will take off,” Vallance’s colleague Chris Whitty, the UK’s chief medical officer, told the same briefing in Downing Street. “That is the path we are on and if …

New UK lockdown likely sooner rather than later, ex-advisor warns
4 years, 3 months ago

New UK lockdown likely sooner rather than later, ex-advisor warns

India Today  

Britain is likely to need to reintroduce some national coronavirus lockdown measures sooner rather than later, a leading epidemiologist and former senior government health advisor said on Saturday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that he did not want another national lockdown but that new restrictions may be needed because the country was facing an “inevitable” second wave of …

Could the ‘Cummings Effect’ hamper efforts to tackle a second coronavirus wave?
4 years, 5 months ago

Could the ‘Cummings Effect’ hamper efforts to tackle a second coronavirus wave?

The Independent  

Very few figures in public life have an “effect” named after them, though many might wish to be so honoured. In the case of the prime minister’s senior adviser Dominic Cummings, however, the arrival of the “Cummings Effect”, as a properly defined and researched phenomenon in social science, is hardly something to celebrate, even with the kind of dark humour …

Boris Johnson says COVID-19 has been a disaster for Britain
4 years, 6 months ago

Boris Johnson says COVID-19 has been a disaster for Britain

Associated Press  

LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged Monday that the coronavirus pandemic has been a “disaster” for Britain, as he announced a spending splurge designed to get the country — and his faltering Conservative government — back on track. The U.K. faces another economic shock at the end of this year when a post-Brexit transition period ends, casting the country …

Boris Johnson says COVID-19 has been a ‘disaster’ for Britain
4 years, 6 months ago

Boris Johnson says COVID-19 has been a ‘disaster’ for Britain

LA Times  

Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged Monday that the coronavirus outbreak has been a “disaster” for Britain, as he announced a spending splurge designed to get the country — and his faltering Conservative government — back on track. “This is a moment now to give our country the skills, the infrastructure, the long-term investment that we need.” Johnson promised a “Rooseveltian …

Coronavirus daily briefings to end after today, No 10 announces as lockdown eased
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus daily briefings to end after today, No 10 announces as lockdown eased

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Prime minister Boris Johnson has been accused of "dodging scrutiny" at …

It would be unforgivable for Boris Johnson to lift the lockdown too soon
4 years, 6 months ago

It would be unforgivable for Boris Johnson to lift the lockdown too soon

The Independent  

For all its grievous failings, not least on coronavirus testing and tracking, the government cannot be entirely blamed for the shortcomings revealed in the first figures published on the new testing regime. One week into the new system, it is not known yet how many of the contacts that have been identified will in reality stay at home in full …

JK Rowling condemns Dominic Cummings’ lockdown-breaking trip to Durham: ‘Indefensible hypocrisy and selfishness’
4 years, 7 months ago

JK Rowling condemns Dominic Cummings’ lockdown-breaking trip to Durham: ‘Indefensible hypocrisy and selfishness’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy JK Rowling has waded into the scandal over Dominic Cummings, following …

Boris Johnson tells British public to 'move on' from Dominic Cummings coronavirus lockdown breach
4 years, 7 months ago

Boris Johnson tells British public to 'move on' from Dominic Cummings coronavirus lockdown breach

ABC  

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged his nation to move on from a row over his closest advisor breaking coronavirus lockdown restrictions, ruling out an inquiry into his actions. Key points: Dominic Cummings drove 400 kilometres in March in violation of UK law Dominic Cummings drove 400 kilometres in March in violation of UK law Mr Johnson says an …

Coronavirus update: Kenya rolls out testing in its biggest slum, where being virus-free helps you get a job
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus update: Kenya rolls out testing in its biggest slum, where being virus-free helps you get a job

ABC  

Kenya is rolling out voluntary public testing for the novel coronavirus in its biggest slum, where some residents say being declared virus-free boosts their chances of getting a job. British minister says 'move on' from rage at PM adviser Mr Cummings' road trip A British Minister says it is time to "move on" after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's senior adviser …

Boris Johnson's top adviser Dominic Cummings says he 'doesn't regret' breaking coronavirus lockdown
4 years, 7 months ago

Boris Johnson's top adviser Dominic Cummings says he 'doesn't regret' breaking coronavirus lockdown

ABC  

Boris Johnson's most senior adviser has refused to apologise for driving more than 400 kilometres during the UK's strict coronavirus lockdown to stay at his parents' property. Key points: Dominic Cummings drove to his parents home in England's north to self-isolate on their property with his wife and son Mr Cummings is Boris Johnson's top adviser, credited with helping him …

May 25, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 7 months ago

May 25, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

Anger is mounting among Britons who have sacrificed family gatherings during the country’s lockdown, after Boris Johnson defended his chief aide for breaching restrictions by driving across the country while his wife had Covid-19 symptoms. “In other words under severe mental and emotional distress I, like the vast majority of the population, have complied with your government’s instructions in order …

Aide to U.K. leader took a road trip during lockdown, says he not resigning
4 years, 7 months ago

Aide to U.K. leader took a road trip during lockdown, says he not resigning

LA Times  

British leader Boris Johnson’s powerful chief aide insisted Monday that he wouldn’t resign for driving the length of England while the country was under strict lockdown — a trip he made without informing the prime minister first. Cummings insisted that “the rules … allowed me to exercise my judgment” and that his need to ensure childcare for his son was …

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