Dominic Cummings: Scottish Tory leader calls for resignation of top Boris Johnson aide

The leader of the Scottish Conservative Party Jackson Carlaw has called on Boris Johnson’s under-pressure advisor Dominic Cummings to resign.

The MSP said the scandal over the strategist’s trip from London to Durham during the lockdown is proving too much of a political distraction.

Mr Carlaw said he has made his views known to Downing Street, according to the BBC and STV.

If follows the resignation of Douglas Ross, the Under Secretary of State for Scotland, from the government over the issue.

Conservative MSP Adam Tomkins, a member of the Tories’ frontbench team at Holyrood, joined Mr Ross in calling for Mr Cummings to be sacked and said other resignations may follow in the wake of Mr Ross’s departure as junior minister at the Scotland Office.

Mr Tomkins tweeted: “To lose (Douglas Ross) from government is a disaster. His was one of clearest voices for the Union in government. It shows exactly why Cummings should be sacked. I suspect others will follow where Douglas has led.”

Another member of Mr Carlaw’s shadow cabinet at Holyrood, Graham Simpson MSP, has called on Mr Cummings to go.

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