Tory unrest increases pressure on PM to sack Dominic Cummings
Extraordinary party revolt and public criticisms reflect anger over aide’s lockdown breaches
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Boris Johnson faced an extraordinary and growing revolt from within his own party on Tuesday over his refusal to sack his chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, for breaching lockdown rules.
On a day of dramatic developments, a junior minister resigned and more than 30 other Conservative MPs called for Cummings to go, many citing inboxes overflowing with hundreds of angry messages from constituents.
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