Cummings's explanation to his colleagues for why he apparently broke the lockdown is pretty extraordinary. When he and his wife Mary went down with Covid-19, they feared they would not be well enough to look after their small boy. So Cummings, already ill, drove them all... https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1263907839162097666

the 260 miles from North London to Durham, so that their lad could be looked after by his parents. But what is odd is that he was not deterred by the fear that his parents, who he would have known would be at risk because older, could be infected by them, via his son. So...

there are lots of questions to be answered. For what it's worth, his colleagues think he didn't break rules because the deputy CMO Jenny Harries said on 10 April that "if you have adults who are unable to look after a small child, that is an exceptional circumstance...

and if the individuals do not have access to care support formal care support, or to family, they will be able to work through their local authority hubs". So they think she was basically saying it's OK to drive across the country to family. But was she saying that? What do...

you think? NB As you will note, Harries's statement was made after he had driven to Durham with Mary and child. I am not aware of any prior statement that would have given comfort to Cummings that his journey was consistent with lockdown rules.