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Updated May 26th, 2020 at 10:42 IST

UK: More footage of PM's advisor in Downing St. garden

British government advisor Dominic Cummings apologised for being late to members of the media on Monday as he finally arrived to give a rare televised statement about his family's controversial trip to north-east England during the virus lockdown.

More footage of PM's advisor in Downing St. garden
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British government advisor Dominic Cummings apologised for being late to members of the media on Monday as he finally arrived to give a rare televised statement about his family's controversial trip to north-east England during the virus lockdown.

Speaking from the garden of Downing Street 10 - all but unheard of for an unelected advisor - Cummings tried to quash the controversy with a detailed but unrepentant account of his movements in late March and early April, which have caused an intense political storm.

He said he was in an “exceptional situation” and broke no rules when he drove 250 miles (400 kilometres) to his parents’ house in Durham with his wife and their four-year-old son during the nationwide lockdown.

Cummings said he traveled so that extended family could care for the child if he and his wife, who were infected with the coronavirus, both fell ill.

Despite repeatedly being asked by journalists if he felt the need to apologise to the British public, Cummings said he "didn't regret what I did”, though he acknowledged that “reasonable people” might disagree with his actions.

The Durham trip came after the government imposed a strict “stay home” order, and Cummings is being accused of flouting the rules he helped impose on the rest of the country, but he insisted that “the rules … allowed me to exercise my judgement”.

 

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Published May 26th, 2020 at 10:41 IST

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