peasy23 Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Downing Street now saying the trip was essential as he was concerned that he and his wife would become too ill to look after their boy. Still doesn't get away from the fact that countless other folk managed to follow the guidelines in similar circumstances.If he was so sure he was acting within the rules, why lie about it for weeks? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 10 minutes ago, peasy23 said: They are now claiming he went to Durham but she stayed in London, with that of course being completely at odds with her account. She has made a big hole even deeper with that article, as either she was lying or he was. And the Durham police. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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coprolite Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 2 hours ago, MixuFixit said: I'd love to hear Laura Kuenssberg's single sentence answer to what a political journalist does. "how should I know?" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, peasy23 said: Downing Street now saying the trip was essential as he was concerned that he and his wife would become too ill to look after their boy. Still doesn't get away from the fact that countless other folk managed to follow the guidelines in similar circumstances. If he was so sure he was acting within the rules, why lie about it for weeks? I’d imagine that Cummings and his missus have the financial wherewithal to arrange emergency paid childminding more easily than most folk faced with that dilemma. Any and every excuse will be used, I just hope voters in Scotland take note of these double standards. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: Any and every excuse will be used, I just hope voters in Scotland take note of these double standards. Narrator: voters in Scotland did not, in fact, take note of these double standards. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordfishtrombone Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/21/nhs-doctor-enough-people-clapping 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Cummings being a compete selfish c**t again. Hardly surprising 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Publicly backed now by Boris so will be punted 2mr sometime 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I'm looking forward to hear what Carlaw has to say about Cummings. Lest we forget what he said about Catherine Calderwood. "Dr Calderwood's position is very difficult, untenable even, given the damage this has caused public trust," he said. “The vast majority of Scots are complying with official advice to stay home and protect our NHS. "There cannot be one rule for the bosses and another one for everyone else." 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I am in a very similar position to the one Cummings was apparently in. Family a long way away and no obvious contingency if we got ill. Had one of us caught it, we couldn't rely on family assistance to care for our daughter, who is under 2. We spoke about what we would do in such circumstances and both agreed that we would just have to tough it out. If things got bad (i.e. both in hospital or we were "floored" by it, as Cummings allegedly was) , we would have to phone family to come and take our daughter home with them. However, at no time would we ourselves undertake the journey as we would be symptomatic. Why his sisters or nieces couldn't come and collect the kid is beyond me here. He might have a good reason for this (childcare) but he's broken the guidelines and has to go. Yes it's a difficult position but there were other ways of going about this. I don't think Calderwood or Ferguson would've been fired if they hadn't resigned, but Cummings is a different matter - he is totally blind to these sorts of things and won't resign. Unlike the other two he is not someone undertaking a critical job and therefore should be fired. He can very easily be replaced by some other lacky. He won't resign and he predictably won't be fired per the statement, so assuming this is buried with other covid news, nothing happens. The Tories will only punt him if it stays on the agenda and noticeably starts to damage them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: I'm looking forward to hear what Carlaw has to say about Cummings. Lest we forget what he said about Catherine Calderwood. "Dr Calderwood's position is very difficult, untenable even, given the damage this has caused public trust," he said. “The vast majority of Scots are complying with official advice to stay home and protect our NHS. "There cannot be one rule for the bosses and another one for everyone else." I can exclusively reveal exactly what Carlaw will say on Cummings: Edited May 23, 2020 by RiG 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mizfit Posted May 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2020 These b*****ds need to rot in fucking jail. My girlfriends granny lost her life to this illness, only 8 people were at the funeral. I can’t go see my 81 year old grandad who lives 10 miles away. I can’t even go for a coffee at my mum and dads who are 5 minutes away.Yet this c**t, this baldy fucking c**t clearly breaks the rule, gets his wife to lie about it in the press, then gets Laura Cuntsberg decides to defend him on behalf of the Tory party. Put this in the heads gone thread, my blood is boiling at this. 40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 The absolute fucking brass neck of No 10 to come out and say his journey was essential. I’d say it’s unbelievable but it’s not, I’m not surprised at all by this. An absolute disgrace. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 He'll linger on for about 2 weeks while they dither and dither, the media will paint his eventual sacking as an example of strong leadership by Johnson, and he will be re-hired to do the same job with a slightly different title in August. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 At the end of the day, dirty Tory cunts will be dirty Tory cunts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 At the end of the day, dirty Tory cunts will be dirty Tory cunts.The c**t isn’t even a Tory, he’s a fucking parasitic leech. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonHMFC Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, mizfit said: The c**t isn’t even a Tory, he’s a fucking parasitic leech. Yes, a Tory. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 "His sister shopped for the family and left everything outside." Because Tesco don't do deliveries in London? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 f**k me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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