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Around 12 hours since the Cummings story broke & no official response from No10 (despite requests). Just anon briefings from allies who say Cummings & his wife went to Durham because they were too ill to care for their young son. Adds the couple stayed in a separate building
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Reporters being pointed towards this single comment from the Deputy Chief Medical Officer 
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Needless to say there are countless comments from the PM & ministers saying you...
- Should not leave your home if you have #covid19 symptoms.
- Should not visit relatives, even if you don& #39;t have symptoms.
- Should not ask older grandparents to care for young children.
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- Should not leave your home if you have #covid19 symptoms.
- Should not visit relatives, even if you don& #39;t have symptoms.
- Should not ask older grandparents to care for young children.
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The defence looks to be these were exceptional circumstances. The question is were they really exceptional enough to travel 260 miles from a #covid19 hotspot to a rural area, most probably taking the virus with him to see older relatives? Was there absolutely no alternative?
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The risk during the ongoing lockdown is the public think if exceptions can be made for the PM& #39;s right hand man, why can& #39;t they be made for everyone else? More broadly, there& #39;s a danger he looks like part of the & #39;rule breaking elite& #39; that this govt has so often railed against.
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