PROFESSOR Neil Ferguson, an eminent scientist making an informed contribution to the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, resigns when he breaches lockdown restrictions.

It is outrageous that Boris Johnson, Robert Jenrick and Dominic Cummings felt able to decamp with impunity from their primary residences.

Do I detect a whiff of arrogance here, or are the lockdown rules meant only for the “little people”?

Elizabeth Hunt, Barningham.