TORY MPs have been responding to their constituents' questions about Dominic Cummings floouting lockdown with identical responses.
The PM told the daily Downing Street briefing that his top aide "acted responsibly, legally and with integrity" when he travelled more than 250 miles to his parents' home in Durham during lockdown.
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Johnson also said that “some” of the allegations about Dominic Cummings’ behaviour during self-isolation were “palpably false”.
This led to backlash from the public and politicians across the political spectrum, including some Tories.
But when a handful of Tory MPs were contacted by constituents, they used identical wording in their responses, saying they have “conveyed the strength of local feeling to relevant colleagues”.
Alex Selby-Boothroyd, The Economist's head of data journalism, pointed out the generic responses on Twitter.
He said: "Today's magic words are "rest assured I’ve conveyed the strength of local feeling to relevant colleagues."
Today's magic words are "rest assured I’ve conveyed the strength of local feeling to relevant colleagues" pic.twitter.com/whSC1BKH0Q
— Alex Selby-Boothroyd (@AlexSelbyB) May 25, 2020
The politicians quoted are David Simmonds, Jonathan Guillis, Paul Holmes and Elliot Coburn.
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