FIRED up residents in Bracknell have taken to Twitter to voice their opinions on Dominic Cummings.
On a sunny bank holiday Monday afternoon, Mr Cummings - reacting to numerous reports of him breaching the coronavirus lockdown to drive his family 260 miles to stay at a property on his family's County Durham estate - defended his actions.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's most senior advisor said he doesn't 'regret' anything after driving 260 miles from his home to Durham during lockdown.
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On April 12, Mr Cummings drove to Barnard Castle, 30 miles from his parents' home in Durham, with his wife and child.
He explained this episode as needing to test his driving was fine before making the long drive back to London. He said he'd been having problems with his vision.
In the speech, he said he does not regret his actions and declined to apologise and had not considered resigning, despite public outrage at his actions.
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Following the 'Cummings and Goings' scandal over the Bank Holiday Weekend, many people said they have felt betrayed after they have spent so many weeks following the strict lockdown rules.
Here's what you have to say on the matter:
The “bear” wasn’t Dominic Cummings, was it? https://t.co/5lZqr6PXID
— Mark Poole (@MrTugBoat18) May 26, 2020
.... our Elsie keeping an eye on the cummings and goings!!! 😁 pic.twitter.com/RAOqN1g72f
— Kevin Winter (@BlueTed1905) May 25, 2020
The whole Cummings situation followed by Johnson's cowardly and credibility-anihilating speech may go down in history, and perhaps gain a new world record, as the largest number of people being mugged off in one instant. 67 million. pic.twitter.com/kcSe21HfLg
— Bloor (@alexbloor) May 25, 2020
Not sure what a child having #autism has to do with #Cummings doing whatever he wants during the lockdown. I have a child with Autism and Genetic condition.
— Danny Daly-Arnett (@danarnie) May 24, 2020
I get you do what’s best for your child. This is tough but a road trip to Durham is not it.
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