On the day he returned from Durham, Cummings amended an old blog of his to include (an apparently prophetic, don& #39;t you know) reference to coronavirus. He proudly referenced it in his statement.

He has now been found out.

https://twitter.com/syrpis/status/1265045692554379264">https://twitter.com/syrpis/st... 1/5

His account of his visit to Durham has been lawyered. It is the best story he can concoct which a) fits the known evidence; and b) as far as possible, fits the law. 2/5 https://twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/1264943223329501186">https://twitter.com/davidalle...

Bits of it simply beggar belief - it is not credible to suggest that he drove to Barnards Castle on Easter Sunday, his wife& #39;s birthday, and was seen by 2 sets of people, while he was testing whether his eyesight was OK for the morrow& #39;s drive back to London. 3/5

The attempts to shift blame onto the media are not subtle. And the defences offered by the Cabinet and the Prime Minister have been derisory - time to move on, nothing to see here. 4/5

It is not so much Cummings& #39; credibility, but that of the Government as a whole, which is being shredded.

At this stage in the coronavirus crisis, that is an extremely dangerous place to be. 5/5