mike barton, gratefulto you for your time. mike barton, former chief constable of durham police.der of the scottish national party thank you for being with us. downing street have said dominic cummings acted reasonably and legally. he said yesterday he wasn't going to resign and he doesn't care how it looks, what is your response to that? that is an extraordinary look from dominic cummings to say he doesn't care how it looks. he is the senior adviser to the prime minister, the architect of much of the policy of the government. it is clear as mud this man has broken the guidelines the government put in place. he has to accept responsibility for his actions. the prime minister has questions that he has to answer. he wasn't at the press c0 nfe re nce has to answer. he wasn't at the press conference yesterday and i'm asking he makes himself available to the press this afternoon, so he can a nswer the press this afternoon, so he can answer questions. we know the government were aware that dominic cummings was in lockdown but there are many questions the government has to answer, when

used to be the chief co nsta ble of somebody who used to be the chief constable of durham police, mike bartonnforcing the lockdown. the police couldn't have done this without the in your innumerable sacrifices by the great british public who acted for the public good, some of them through financial hardship, some of them through family hardship to act collectively, not instinctively. remember, we are in the middle of a national emergency and the people who make the rules can't break the rules, otherwise we are going to have chaos. the trip to barnard castle has been something that has been talked about. police complaint has been made to the police about that. i'm not impugning the person that. i'm not impugning the person that has made the complaint and i don't know when the complaint was lodged, although it has only come to light this morning, which might lead some people to wonder why it wasn't made at the time, if that indeed is the case. but how far will the police go in looking into that? even the high—profile nature, will they go through cctv and things like that, or actually, is itjust

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