The U.K. Prime Minister’s top political aide admitted to travelling more than 400 kilometres north of London with his wife and son days after the lockdown was initiated, while sick
Political campaign group Led By Donkeys transport a screen showing a prerecorded video link of Britain's Boris Johnson delivering a statement, outside the home of his senior aide Dominic Cummings, in London, Britain, on May 24, 2020.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is trying to brush aside a growing scandal involving a top political assistant that threatens to undermine the government’s COVID-19 strategy and dent Mr. Johnson’s once-surging popularity.
“My conclusion is that I think he acted reasonably, legally and with integrity and with care for his family and for others,” Mr. Johnson said during a news conference. Mr. Johnson added that Mr. Cummings was doing what he thought was best for his family and he had not broken any lockdown rules.
Under the near-total lockdown, people were told to stay home unless they had a reasonable excuse to go out, such as to provide care to a vulnerable person. But in recent weeks the Prime Minister has faced criticism over his handling of the outbreak, especially as the country’s death toll closes in on 40,000, the highest in Europe. There has been confusion over how the lockdown will be lifted and anger at the rising number of people dying in care homes. Compounding Mr. Johnson’s troubles has been the impressive performance of the new Labour Party Leader Sir Keir Starmer, a former Crown prosecutor whose tough questioning of Mr.
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