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UK: Slingshot intensifies against Johnson's advisor

The British government on Tuesday saw the slingshot intensify in its own camp over the displacement in full confinement of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's advisor, Dominic Cummings, whose explanations were not enough to put out the fire.

After the resignation of a secretary of state, several deputies have joined the ranks of the now almost 40 conservative elected officials who are demanding, according to British media, the departure of the very influential and controversial adviser, considered to be the brain of the referendum campaign of 2016 which led to Brexit.

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