Cummings admits going to a noted beauty spot on his wife's birthday. He says he felt ill, it clouded his eyesight, and he decided to go for a drive with his wife and child to see if he could drive safely. That they went to a vacation spot is coincidental.

"We decided to go for a drive to see if I could drive safely."

Even though he says he did nothing wrong, Cummings and his wife wrote articles for the Spectator that made it appear they'd stayed in London.

This is not academic. A guy was jailed the other day for this.