No, as I have already implied, Boris, as any good general does, must regain the high ground, regroup, cut your losses for the greater good, and go on a fresh attack. The media can then be wrong footed, but if he keeps this current battle going, that he cannot win, then he will lose the war.
That is not good for the country.

Cummings must be history now.
Strong leaders have never given in to the baying mob at the gate and neither should Boris. 
If he does show weakness and give in, the media attack dogs will really scent blood and will move on to another despised Brexiteer, as this is what this is really about. Revenge! 
I can completely understand that point of view, but the interests of the country must come first and the PM should be now allowed to be able to concentrate on the urgent business of State.
WE, the people, have allowed the media to become far too powerful and now we again reap the consequences of that. Standing up against the media is great when there is no cost in doing that, but if you see and listen to the media this morning there is a huge political cost to all this. How Cummings actions and explanation are being perceived is critical, with a Tory MP even resigning this morning over it, so Boris and Government must now move on and, as I said before, cut their losses before the damage becomes critical
