Near the beginning of the lockdown, my partner and I explicitly discussed what we'd do in the nightmare scenario where we both got ill. How would we look after the kids? Would we travel to 240 miles to my parents house in the country to isolate?

We immediately concluded no, of course not. It was clearly against the rules designed to safe guard the population. Plus there would be no way to get there without putting other people at risk (comfort breaks, petrol fills etc). We'd have to manage, no matter how dire it got.

To find out now that government advisor #Cummings did precisely that, putting people at risk, unambiguously against his own government's advice, which he was involved in the design of, left me absolutely flabbergasted.

Then, to hear multiple members of cabinet today actually defending his action as that of "sensible" or "caring" parent is so enraging I can't stop thinking about it. The clear implication is that we don't care enough.

I can't begin to imagine how people who made real and unimaginable sacrifices, such as missing funerals, not seeing their own children, must feel right now.

Like the other public figures found to have broken the rules, irrespective of political allegiance, #Cummings MUST go, and go now. The longer he stays, the worse the damage to the authority and efficacy of ANY of the governments public health messages and guidance.