He came across quite well, not least because he didn’t fit the profile of a “monster” that our liberal media have presented him as. I’m still not totally convinced that he did the right thing. Perhaps he has legally complied but there must be many people in the same position as Cummings and his wife who didn’t realise such an option was available to them given the relentless stay at home message.

What did shine through was the outright hostility of the media representatives, who clearly hate Cummings with a passion and not for his actions in going to Durham.