Dominic Cummings has admitted he did not tell the whole truth over his lockdown journeys to Durham, apologised for his handling of the “debacle”, and said he now wishes he had never gone to Barnard Castle. Cummings said he and Johnson had initially agreed to “stonewall” questions from the media when the Guardian and Daily Mirror revealed the Durham journeys. But after days of pressure, Johnson told him “this line won’t hold”, and he would have to give a press conference, Cummings told MPs. In his rose garden statement Cummings denied a claim, since backed up by three more people, that he travelled to Durham a second time on 19 April. In the rose garden he claimed that he had evidence to prove this was untrue.

Source: The Guardian May 26, 2021 16:26 UTC