COPS: DON’T DRIVE IF YOU’RE BLIND
Shock new advice for Britain’s ruling elite
POLICE have warned people not to copy PM’S aide Dominic Cummings by driving to check your eyesight, especially if you have vision problems like singer Stevie Wonder.
FOOTBALL ref Douglas Ross has quit the Government over the Cummings affair.
The MP stepped down as Scotland Office minister after he said he could not tell his constituents “they were all wrong and one senior adviser was right”.
Mr Ross, 37, who once officiated a Scottish Cup Final, added: “I have constituents who didn’t get to say goodbye to loved ones… because they followed the guidance of the Government.”
Mr Cummings’ drive to Barnard Castle to “test his eyesight” has been mocked furiously on the internet.
TRAFFIC cops have warned Britain’s drivers not to copy Dominic Cummings and get behind the wheel to check their eyesight.
The under-fire adviser claimed he drove his wife and child on a 60-mile round trip from his parents’ farm to Barnard Castle in Co Durham during lockdown “to see if I could drive safely”.
And yesterday Cabinet Office secretary Michael Gove, inset, leapt to his defence and revealed he had also driven to check his eyesight.
He said: “I have, on occasions in the past, driven with my wife in order to make sure.”
But Surrey Police made it clear that copying these two would be a breach of the Highway Code.
Surrey Police tweeted: “If you have any concerns about your eyesight don’t drive until you’ve sought the advice of a qualified optician.”
Nearly three in five people think Downing St aide Mr Cummings should resign, a Yougov poll said yesterday.
PM Boris Johnson has claimed it was “plausible that eyesight can be a problem associated with coronavirus”.
But both Moorfields Eye Hospital and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists said there is little evidence of any link between Covid-19 and vision.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock revealed the Government could review all fines imposed on parents travelling for childcare purposes during lockdown.
He also said local lockdowns could be imposed to deal with virus flare-ups.
The UK’S Covid-19 death toll rose by 134 to 37,048 yesterday – the smallest increase in six weeks.