JUST IN: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s chief aide Dominic Cummings says “I don’t regret what I did” after driving across England during lockdown
"I don't regret what I did," Dominic Cummings told reporters on Monday after Downing Street took the extraordinary step of putting the special adviser in front of the media to respond to the saga.Cummings said that he thought making the journey was"the best thing to do," as he needed to seek childcareHe said he did not ask the Prime Minister about his decision to travel outside of London beforehand.
Boris Johnson refuses to sack his chief adviser, as a growing scandal threatens to wreck Britain's lockdownJohnson has been under intense pressure from across the political spectrum to sack Cummings, the enigmatic aide often portrayed as the brains behind his premiership and populist message, after it emerged he traveled 260 miles to the north of England while his wife was sick with coronavirus symptoms in late March.
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