It is difficult to entertain a seminar in lockdown caution from the man who drove to Barnard Castle in April 2020 in order to check his own eyesight. Or indeed swallow wholesale the musings of a former adviser with the sharpest of axes to grind.
Yet the accusation from Dominic Cummings that the Prime Minister was aware of a party in the Number 10 garden must be examined. Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has rejected the claims, but accepted the long-held principle that if a minister lies to Parliament and fails to correct the matter, they should resign.
