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COVID-19: Tory minister Douglas Ross resigns over Dominic Cummings scandal

  • 26 May 2020
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Boris Johnson (centre) with Douglas Ross (right) who has resigned as a government minister. File/AFP

Douglas Ross, Tory MP and a minister for Scotland, has resigned in protest over the Dominic Cummings scandal, saying he could not “in good faith” tell constituents who have followed government advice in the face of heartbreak that “they were all wrong and one senior adviser to the government was right”.

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Number 10 special adviser Dominic Cummings arrives at Downing Street in central London. File/AFP

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