Douglas Ross and the resignation over the Dominic Cummings row

Conservative Scotland Office minister

What was posted

Douglas Ross shared his decision to resign as a Scotland Office minister over the government’s response to Dominic Cummings’s lockdown trip.

Douglas Ross biography

Why it mattered

Ross said he could not justify the government’s position to constituents who had followed the restrictions through serious personal difficulties. He was the first minister to resign over the episode.

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