TWO LOCAL MPs TIGHTLIPPED - SO FAR - ON FATE OF PRIME MINISTER'S TOP AIDE

                                                                    

Lia Nici (50) - MP for Great Grimsby

NORTH East Lincolnshire's two Conservative MPs, Lia Nici (Great Grimsby) and Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes), have so far refrained from making public comment on the fireworks exploding around Dominic Cummings.

Although both are thought to be uneasy about the special advisor's actions, neither wants to heap further discomfort either on the Government or on  the Prime Minister.

Both are Boris fans - not least because he campaigned in North East Lincolnshire during the campaign leading up to last December's General Election.

Like him, both are pro-Brexit, and, who knows, both could be in line for political advancement as long as he remains at Number 10.

In addition, Mr Vickers has not given up hope that the Prime Minister will fulfil his pre-Election pledge to secure the reopening to pedestrians of the rail crossing at Suggitts Lane, Cleethorpes.

Among parliamentary colleagues who have called on Cummings to resign or be sacked, most - if not all - have little chance of being promoted by Johnson, so it would probably be in their career interests for a change of leadership.

The downside for the local duo in remaining tightlipped is that they might disappoint constituents - those of all political persuasions - who most likely will be looking  for a forthright stance  from their two elected representatives in the Commons.

                                                                      

Cleethorpes MP Martin Vickers (69)