'It's ridiculous, it's got to stop and Dominic should go,' one senior backbencher says, as others call privately for an inquiry.
"It's ridiculous, it's got to stop and Dominic should go. If he doesn't resign, he will just be burning through Boris's political capital at a rate that we can ill-afford in the midst of this crisis."The Tory MP for Wellingborough told Sky News:"I'm certain he has to go.""He could have come out and apologised and said this was a bad mistake and I’m sorry about it and I shouldn’t have done it. And I think he probably would have carried on.
"But his continuing in the role any longer can only undermine the authority of the Prime Minister and the Government at a time when both need to be completely focussed on getting the nation through the next stage of the Coronavirus crisis. "I think it was an opportunity to put this to bed and I fear that now the story is simply going to run and run."Mr Cummings' position was branded"untenable" by Mr Whittaker, Calder Valley MP, who added:"You cannot advise the nation one thing then do the opposite.""It is becoming increasingly clear that Dominic Cummings' position is no longer tenable," the York Outer MP tweeted.
"Whatever the merits of a government adviser, they should never be the story or it detracts from the central message which is to get us out of this crisis. The adviser should go."Former minister Paul Maynard said:"It is a classic case of 'do as I say, not as I do' - and it is not as if he was unfamiliar with guidance he himself helped draw up.