Sheffield bar launches Dominic Cummings inspired range of beers and snacks

The Prime Minister’s top aide has faced calls for his resignation after driving 260 miles from London to his parents’ home in Durham during the coronavirus lockdown, and then taking a day trip by car to Barnard Castle which he claimed was necessary to test his eyesight.

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Mr Cummings defended his actions, insisting he needed to be near his family so they could care for his son if he and his wife both became too ill with coronavirus to do so, and Durham Police has since said he may have broken lockdown rules but it would have been a ‘minor breach’.

Two Thirds Beer Co, a bar on Abbeydale Road specialising in craft beers, has been selling drinks for delivery and collection since being forced to close its doors to punters.

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It said its new Dominic Cummings bundle, priced £16.99, contained beers and snacks brewed and produced between 10 Downing Street and Barnard Castle, which Mr Cummings ‘could have, hypothetically, stopped off and collected on his now infamous trip up north’.

“Don't test your eyesight going for a drive. We'll deliver it, for free, to your doorstep!” it added.

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Boris Johnson has resisted calls for Mr Cummings to go, despite criticism from many Tory back benchers, and claimed his right-hand man had ‘followed the instincts of every father and every parent’.