Conservative North Wiltshire MP James Gray has stepped into the fray regarding the scandal surrounding Prime Minister Boris Johnson's chief strategist Dominic Cummings, who travelled hundreds of miles during lockdown whilst he was meant to be isolating in what many regard as a breach of the lockdown rules. His statement said:
None of us yet know the details of what Mr Cummings did, nor why. It may be that more will emerge in the coming days to justify (or to condemn) his behaviour.
But for now I believe that at a time when thanks to his advice we are all going through Lockdown, our personal circumstances very often being a great deal worse than his, it most certainly does look like a double standard to apparently ignore his own advice.
That is without question the perception throughout the Land.
I therefore do think that unless and until he can justify what he did, he should face the consequences of it and give up his role as a Government adviser. Having him continuing at the heart of Government undermines our credibility and the strength of our message. Over the next few difficult weeks and months we need the full confidence of the people if they are to agree to the steps which will be necessary both for their lives and for their livelihoods. And for that to happen they need to have full confidence in the Government which is asking them to do it.
So it is my view that Mr Cummings should at very least step back from Government with no further delay.
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