British leader's aide denies 250-mile trip broke virus rules

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5. The rules ever since lockdown began have been that if you have symptoms

- as both Cummings and his wife claim they had during this period - you go into quarantine at home and do not leave for any reason short of hospitalization or going for testing, and anyone sharing your home must also self-isolate. They don't say anything about it being OK to hightail 250-odd miles cooped up in an SUV with a four-year-old and two symptomatic parents ...

The Tories fell into the trap of responding too early with a concerted orchestrated defence of Cummings on social media for "caring for his family". They look like scoundrels and wankers now that at least one if not two further trips have come to light - which I suspect the Mirror and Guardian, who've collaborated on the story, had up their sleeves all along.