Untenable position but Cummings will stay

Sir, – Since lockdown was instigated grandparents have not seen grandchildren, people have died alone and funerals have been limited.

This was done to prevent an even greater outbreak than there could have been.

People reluctantly accepted it having been told by the Tories we were all in this “together”.

However it seems that Boris Johnson’s senior adviser Dominic Cummings did not think the rules applied to him.

Just after lockdown started Cummings drove 260 miles to his parents home whilst exhibiting Covid-19 symptoms.

He claims this was for “childcare” yet his sisterin-law lives in London and his closest adviser lives two streets away.

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rather hear about more important issues and how we can get through this situation.

I personally think it’s purely political to score points and the government has done immense work to try to get us out of this situation.

Yes, there have been mistakes and a lot to learn, but this is a pandemic like we have never seen before.

I think there’s very little appreciation of what the government, scientists etcetera have done, mostly all that is reported or taken notice of is the doom and gloom reporters Cummings said he did not care how it looked as he had done nothing wrong.

On cue the Tory Cabinet and the BBC stenography crew all came out and defended Cummings.

Using the same pious language. Even rewriting the rules to exculpate Cummings.

The self-important arrogance is shocking but not surprising.

or the personal opinions of the presenters.

Long gone are the days when they just read out the news.

During the Brexit nightmare it was exactly the same behaviour, but I really hoped when we found ourselves in this horrendous ordeal that people would be kinder and more tolerant and more willing to help each other instead of stirring up trouble.

They would be better placed putting their energy into something positive.

Elizabeth Kintrea. 101 Main Street, Coaltown of Balgonie.

When Catherine Calderwood did something far less serious the media and the Tories were screaming for her to go. Now, not a peep.

Cummings’ position is untenable. He won’t however resign and Boris Johnson won’t sack him as their fortunes are so intertwined.

Alan Hinnrichs. 2 Gillespie Terrace, Dundee.