Catching the travel bug: Cummings' take on virus puts Grant in hot seat
Photograph: Victoria Jones/PAPhotograph: Victoria Jones/PA“Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Drive 250 miles to Durham. Pretend you’re still in London. Visit local beauty spot on Easter Day. Travel back to London. Travel back to Durham. Stay at home. Protect the prime minister. Protect his senior adviser.” Somehow the government’s lockdown slogans have got a lot less catchy over the past 36 hours.
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