Don't do as I do, do as I say.

[The Lone Gunman]

So Cummings’s self isolates 250 miles away to be near his family so his sister and niece can leave groceries on his doorstep. Surly his chum Boris could have organised a Sainsbury’s slot for him.

One would also have assumed that his brother-in-law, who lives nearby in London, could have performed a similar function.

What a coincidence that Cummings was in Durham for his mother's birthday and out and about on his wife's birthday.

I was sat in the flat on mine.