In this file photo taken on Nov. 7, 2019, Boris Johnson, centre, is greeted by Douglas Ross, Conservative party candidate for Moray, as he arrives for an election campaign visit to Diageo's Roseisle Distillery, near Elgin, Scotland.Douglas Ross, a junior minister in the Scotland Office, resigned from the British government on Tuesday over the handling of accusations that the prime minister’s senior adviser had broken the coronavirus lockdown by travelling for help with child care.
Johnson’s defence of Cummings, who worked with the now prime minister on the campaign to leave the European Union, has stirred anger in his Conservative Party, with several lawmakers calling over the weekend for the aide to quit.Ross said in a letter he accepted Cummings’s statement when he “clarified the actions he took in what he felt were the best interests of his family” but he added: “However, these were decisions many others felt were not available to them.
A Downing Street spokesman said: “The prime minister would like to thank Douglas Ross for his service to government and regrets his decision to stand down as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland.” A divisive figure, Cummings is seen by allies and enemies alike as Johnson’s most important and influential strategist.
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