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Dominic Cummings: What is the scandal about?
May 26, 2020
The UK prime minister's most senior adviser has come under fire for travelling across the country during the coronavirus lockdown, while he had virus symptoms.
Dominic Cummings drove 260 miles (418km) from London to Durham, and took a 60-mile round trip from Durham to a nearby town on his wife's birthday - a trip he says he made to test whether his eyesight was good enough to drive.
Mr Cummings is facing calls to resign, both from opposition politicians and members of the governing Conservative Party, whose leader, Boris Johnson, he advises.
In a highly unusual move for an adviser, Mr Cummings gave a press conference on Monday. He said he believed he acted "reasonably" and within the law. He has so far been backed by Mr Johnson and other senior government ministers.
But his actions have raised the question - did one of the government's most senior employees ignore the rules he had helped set for millions of people across the nation?
Who is Dominic Cummings?
Mr Cummings is Boris Johnson's chief adviser. He is not a member of parliament and is not elected.
Before the current lockdown scandal, he was best known for masterminding the successful Vote Leave campaign in the 2016 Brexit referendum, which saw the UK vote by a narrow majority to leave the European Union.
Mr Cummings was played by actor Benedict Cumberbatch played in Brexit: The Uncivil War - a 2019 drama about the referendum.
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