Will Cummings go?

[happypig]

Suella Braverman, the ATTORNEY GENERAL of all people, has tweeted that what Cummings did was absolutely fine. So that's alright then.

 

[Blackadder]

Have to feel sorry for Grant Shapps. He has to defend Cummings to the horde of reporters who are smelling blood. Should be Boris out there.

 

[clapham_gull]

Have to feel sorry for Grant Shapps.

Not often you see that written down.

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[drew]

Have to feel sorry for Grant Shapps. He has to defend Cummings to the horde of reporters who are smelling blood. Should be Boris out there.

True, but Johnson only does PMQs or pre recorded sessions!

 

[Lincoln Imp]

If that were the case, why is it not Government advise for everyone to do this is showing symptoms? One rule for them and one for the sheep.

...and if this was the case why didn't he proudly announce it to the nation at the time? Duplicity of a high level, by him and by any of the cabinet suits tweeting their support. It was obvious what sort of individual he was four years ago.

 

[clapham_gull]

Gutted this didn't break yesterday morning.

The Home Secretary would have cleared everything up.

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[Eeyore]

1. In the other thread, his wife, who writes for the Spectator, made out they had stayed in London throughout, in her article in April.
2. She has a brother in London who could have looked after his nephew if they were desperate for child care.

Yes, I did hear that he was supposed to be 'at home'. Obviously, I don't know his family arrangements.

I guess I'm saying that it hasn't got me bothered that much as it was more an unwise action than anything worse. It doesn't set a good example if he could have done better though.

But there lays the issue. He's not an ordinary member of the public, although I wish he was.

He just needs to get out of our government. That's the real thing that bothers me.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

I notice by their coverage that the Sun are really not bothered with this Story. It’s not their online headline this morning (as it is virtually everywhere else) and there is no editorial bias in the language describing his actions, you could say that it’s a very balanced bit of reporting which is strange because the Sun are very rarely known for this.

The Mail online is different though, it seems that their editors believe their readers might well be a little pissed off with the hypocrisy shown by Johnson’s odd little Rasputin/Campbell hybrid.

The Sun is pro centre right, as long as they've got Tories or Tory-lite Labour they're happy, with a nice side of brexit stuff for good measure.

Mail is a bit different, they're dyed in the wool Tories and assume all their readers are already. Instead their editorial support is for factions within the Tory Party, and I don't think they are particular fans of Cummings, or Boris that much for good measure. They are all a bit to much 'one nation' for the Mail's liking, Gove is more their man.

Of course quarantine-breaking actions should be right up the Mails street, but if they can have a dig at Cummings they'll take it

 

[LlcoolJ]

This thread includes a Spectator article from Cummings and an extract from Radio 4 from Mary Wakefield both talking about being ill in their London home, with no mention of Durham.

https://twitter.com/peterjukes/status/1263981528368979971

Shit me. They're both complete psychopaths aren't they. I feel sorry for the 4 year old.

 

[studio150]

Suella Braverman, the ATTORNEY GENERAL of all people, has tweeted that what Cummings did was absolutely fine. So that's alright then.

No doubt her comments will be quoted in Courts in the coming weeks in defence of why people who have been charged under the Cov-id Laws are in fact innocent.

 

[LlcoolJ]

This is actually quite amusing watching GS fail miserably to defend

Shapps is an internet scammer who should be nowhere near government. It's almost amazing that he's still an MP, but Boris Johnson.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Gutted this didn't break yesterday morning.

The Home Secretary would have cleared everything up.

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*spits out beer*

 

[Farehamseagull]

Cummings breaks rules

They are having to waste so much time and effort defending Dom, it’s embarassing to watch the hypocrisy in action.

This government are a total shambles.

 

[RossyG]

If they brazen it out for another couple of days, it'll be largely forgotten, just like this:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-52154327

 

[Dick Head]

Gutted this didn't break yesterday morning.

The Home Secretary would have cleared everything up.

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Maybe it broke when it did because we've got the Sunday papers to pile on the pressure in the morning.

 

[Farehamseagull]

Suella Braverman, the ATTORNEY GENERAL of all people, has tweeted that what Cummings did was absolutely fine. So that's alright then.

Might have known she’d stick her beak in it. My disgrace of a local MP makes Priti Patel look competent.

 

[Lincoln Imp]

Absolutely disgraceful. Kuensberg too. Really dislike her. Pair of slippery shits. How can he not be breaking lockdown rules? His child could have infected his elderly parents at the very least. Disgusting. Pray he goes. Doubt he will. Watch this space for a new piece of 'news' in the next day or so to deflect this heat...

Are we in danger of shooting the messenger? From what I've read, Kuensberg has done no more than report what the government is saying. She's not supporting (or opposing) what they are saying, she's just announcing that they said it. Isn't that just doing her job?


I agree with everything you say after 'Pair of Slippery Shits'.

 

[A1X]

This is actually quite amusing watching GS fail miserably to defend

"I'm disappointed there aren't more questions about the upgrades to the A66"

 

[highflyer]

Turns out Dominic Cummings is a liar who thinks he is inherently superior to everyone else and now the entire cabinet has been ordered to rally round and defend him no matter what. Such a shock to us all.

Still he 'wanted to do the best for his family'. That will get him off the hook with all those people that missed funerals,haven't seen children and grandchildren for months, self-isolated, no matter how difficult it became. Off the hook. Definitely.

This isn't going to go well with the general public. However the Mail, The Sun and others try to spin it.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Are we in danger of shooting the messenger? From what I've read, Kuensberg has done no more than report what the government is saying. She's not supporting (or opposing) what they are saying, she's just announcing that they said it. Isn't that just doing her job?


I agree with everything you say after 'Pair of Slippery Shits'.

Ah, she's just a reporter, and not a political analyst/journalist then?