'People will have to make their minds up' PM Boris Johnson tells the daily UK briefing that he believes his chief aide Dominic Cummings 'acted reasonably [and] legally' driving 260 miles from London during the coronavirus lockdown
Dominic Cummings took a half-hour drive from his parents’ farm to check whether he would be able to make the five-hour drive back to London because his eyesight had been affected by the virus.
The social distancing guidelines then in force said people should only leave the house for limited purposes:any medical need, including to donate blood, avoid or escape risk of injury or harm, or to provide care, or to help a vulnerable personMr Cummings suggested this drive was to establish that he would be safe in driving back to London to return to work.
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