A gathering of protesters assembled outside Dominic Cummings’ house in north London after it surfaced the senior advisor allegedly broke coronavirus lockdown rules.
Mr Cummings, chief advisor to Boris Johnson, is being urged to resign in the wake of allegations he infringed rules the government has imposed to stop the spread of coronavirus.
A political campaigning organisation called Led by Donkeys drove to Mr Cummings’ house in a van brandishing a video of Mr Johnson’s speech which urged the public to stay at home.
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The protest on Sunday followed the news that Mr Cummings drove to County Durham, where his family lives, despite social distancing rules.
The prime minister offered his “full support” to his chief adviser after the news emerged.
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Nancy holds hands with Nichollette and Ryan as she experiences contractions in a birthing tub
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Nancy Pedroza, 27, who is pregnant, sits next to Ryan Morgan, 30, her partner and father to their unborn child, as they relax at Pedroza’s parent’s house in Forth Worth, Texas, where they currently live, during the coronavirus outbreak
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Nancy Pedroza attends an appointment with her licensed midwives Susan Taylor, 40, who checks her stomach, and Amanda Prouty, 39, in Taylor’s home office at her house
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Nancy takes a brisk walk to try and speed up her contractions with Ryan and her midwives near Taylor’s home where Pedroza plans to give birth
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Nancy receives support from Nichollette Jones, her doula
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Nancy experiences contractions
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Nancy is supported by Ryan and Nichollette as she experiences contractions while labouring at the home of Pedroza’s licensed midwife, Susan Taylor
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Nancy lies on a bed in front of Ryan as he helps to pump her breastmilk to try and speed up her contractions
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Nancy experiences contractions as Susan lies on a bed
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Nancy embraces Ryan
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Nancy is supported by Ryan as she experiences contractions in a birthing tub
Reuters
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Nancy experiences contractions
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Nancy in a birthing tub
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Nancy is placed onto an ambulance stretcher to be taken to hospital by paramedics, after her unborn child’s heartbeat dropped from 130 beats per minute to 30
Reuters
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Nancy is carried on an ambulance stretcher to be taken to hospital by paramedics
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Nancy is carried into an ambulance on a stretcher
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Nancy holds her one-day old newborn son, Kai Rohan Morgan
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Nancy breastfeeds her newborn son at the house of her parents, where they are currently living
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Susan Taylor positions Kai for a photograph at his newborn screening
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Amanda Prouty and Susan Taylor conduct a newborn screening for Kai at Kai’s maternal grandparents’ house
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Susan takes two-day old Kai’s temperature while checking if he has tongue tie, an oral condition that can potentially cause issues with feeding
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Nancy and Ryan clip the fingernails of their two-day old son
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Kai, who is two days old and is experiencing jaundice, is positioned in the sunlight by his mother Nancy
Reuters
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Nancy holds hands with Nichollette and Ryan as she experiences contractions in a birthing tub
Reuters
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Nancy Pedroza, 27, who is pregnant, sits next to Ryan Morgan, 30, her partner and father to their unborn child, as they relax at Pedroza’s parent’s house in Forth Worth, Texas, where they currently live, during the coronavirus outbreak
Reuters
3/23
Nancy Pedroza attends an appointment with her licensed midwives Susan Taylor, 40, who checks her stomach, and Amanda Prouty, 39, in Taylor’s home office at her house
Reuters
4/23
Nancy takes a brisk walk to try and speed up her contractions with Ryan and her midwives near Taylor’s home where Pedroza plans to give birth
Reuters
5/23
Nancy receives support from Nichollette Jones, her doula
Reuters
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Nancy experiences contractions
Reuters
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Nancy is supported by Ryan and Nichollette as she experiences contractions while labouring at the home of Pedroza’s licensed midwife, Susan Taylor
Reuters
8/23
Nancy lies on a bed in front of Ryan as he helps to pump her breastmilk to try and speed up her contractions
Reuters
9/23
Nancy experiences contractions as Susan lies on a bed
Reuters
10/23
Nancy embraces Ryan
Reuters
11/23
Nancy is supported by Ryan as she experiences contractions in a birthing tub
Reuters
12/23
Nancy experiences contractions
Reuters
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Nancy in a birthing tub
Reuters
14/23
Nancy is placed onto an ambulance stretcher to be taken to hospital by paramedics, after her unborn child’s heartbeat dropped from 130 beats per minute to 30
Reuters
15/23
Nancy is carried on an ambulance stretcher to be taken to hospital by paramedics
Reuters
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Nancy is carried into an ambulance on a stretcher
Reuters
17/23
Nancy holds her one-day old newborn son, Kai Rohan Morgan
Reuters
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Nancy breastfeeds her newborn son at the house of her parents, where they are currently living
Reuters
19/23
Susan Taylor positions Kai for a photograph at his newborn screening
Reuters
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Amanda Prouty and Susan Taylor conduct a newborn screening for Kai at Kai’s maternal grandparents’ house
Reuters
21/23
Susan takes two-day old Kai’s temperature while checking if he has tongue tie, an oral condition that can potentially cause issues with feeding
Reuters
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Nancy and Ryan clip the fingernails of their two-day old son
Reuters
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Kai, who is two days old and is experiencing jaundice, is positioned in the sunlight by his mother Nancy
Reuters
Led by Donkeys also put up a separate installation on Westminster Bridge Road on Friday.
Posting a photo of the billboard, which reads “Stay alert, government incompetence costs lives”, the group said: “When the PM’s top adviser is crisscrossing the country with coronavirus, it’s definitely time to stay alert.”
After reports that Mr Cummings made a second trip to Durham, which he has denied, Downing Street said it would “not waste time” replying to fresh allegations from “campaigning newspapers”.
Speaking outside his London home on Sunday, after one journalist asked if he had been back to Durham in April, Mr Cummings said: “No, I did not.”
Mr Johnson will front Sunday’s daily Downing Street press conference, after calls from Labour for him to appear to explain what went on.
While Labour has issued pleas for an urgent inquiry into the allegations, backbench Conservative MPs have demanded Mr Cummings mull over his governmental role.
Additional reporting by Press Association
