Anyone else think F&@@ it after today's briefing?

[Sarahbeans]

After today's briefing, anyone else half thinking screw it, if Cummings can make up the rules as he goes, why the he'll can't I interpret them as I set fit too?

I have a clinically vulnerable child and have stayed indoors and been so strict the past 12 weeks, but even I'm now beginning to think what's the point? Clearly the govt does what it wants, why the hell should we listen to the govt any more? Lost all faith in them.

That 13 year old died alone in a hospital. I wonder how his parents feel right now.

Fucke them. Not fuck it. Shower of utter cunts.

@JasHarts Are you suggesting this virus will be eradicated? Lol

@Becstar90 eh?

No I don't, because I respect and understand the rules, even if that wankbadger doesn't.

I understand what you are saying, but for me, they made the rules, show us no respect, so they can fuck off as far as I'm concerned.

I’ve stopped listening to the complete bullshit they spout and am just going about my life as I please just using my own common sense.

What’s good for the goose...

They've just lost any moral authority they had. It's one rule for them, another for us.

I won't change my behaviour but feel really angry. Boris has massively pissed on his chips this evening.

Surely the narrative is not 'they broke their own rules which makes me question whether I need to follow them' but 'if they can lie/obfuscate so blatantly over something so trivial*, how can I trust them to be telling me the truth about anything else and most importantly the risk/science/virus or their motivations for policy'

*saving Cummings ass

I'm staying in because I am lucky enough to be able to, many cannot. And frantically reading up on all the emerging scientific reports so I have a better chance of knowing when I'm being fed another, but less obvious crock of shit.

Well no, because I don’t want to pass a horrible disease to my family.

He was an irresponsible dick. I’m not.

Op it is rage inducing to hear these people speak with such a lack of integrity. I felt such annoyance tonight.

You should make your own decision re schooling but thinking others should think fuck it may not be a good idea in your situation.

It's infuriating, but not surprising

Nope. I am very very angry but it won't stop me acting responsibly and behaving in the best interests of my family and people around me. Him and Johnson being arrogant dicks doesn't mean the rest of us should be.

It would be very wrong to expose your vulnerable child to risks that are unnecessary, so please don't. That's the difference between personal responsibility and the nanny state.

For the first time I'm actually quite worried. I think, until now, things have more or less gone to plan, numbers higher than hoped but under control.

What happens next is anyone's guess but if the message is important and does in fact need to be followed we're in trouble.

I saw the first bit of the briefing and switched off and went for my walk. They make me so angry I can't put it into words. They are utter cunts.

Dominic Cummings has just exposed himself to be the deeply unpleasant liar he always has been and is merely adding to the concept that he believes himself better than everyone else. Actually his actions (because lets be honest he didnt need childcare he just simply cant take care of his own child) show that actually he is as far from better than others you can be. This Government has consistently lied to us

But the truth is a slow and steady coming out of lockdown is needed. We should still follow the rules because by and large they are sensible and necessary rules and we should follow common sense and behave appropriate because we are better than them

I always thought, certainly on here, that Cummings was unpopular.
Yet here we are with many clamouring to be just like him. He's clearly not so disliked after all.

I get the sentiment. But obviously it doesn't make any logical sense to put yourself or people you know at risk out of anger at the fact that the political class do whatever the fuck they want and live in a different world to the rest of us.

I like to imagine how Malcolm Tucker would deal with all this!

@Samcro -I'm in the same boat, and it makes me feel like a terrible mother!

I am actually really really angry and upset about this. I think of all the people who have been unable to be with loved ones when they have been ill or died and unable to go to their funerals.

We ALL have had a scenario where using our common sense we knew we could behave in a way that was against the rules, but was actually going to be okay- and we did not do so because we knew that if EVERYONE did so then the streets and the mortoways and whatever would be filled with people who though they were special ad the rules did not apply to them.

It just makes a mockery of all the very real sacrifices we all have made. And I think of the people who have buried loved ones and who could not even say goodbye.

Right from the start I have made my own risk assessment and acted accordingly. They don't have a hotline to the virus itself and there are plenty of studies done to support any viewpoint.

Mostly I have followed the guidelines - because I had no need not to. If I had had a need I would have made a risk assessment and made my own decision.

I have broken the rules in one way. My son had the option of being furloughed - with probably no job to go back to or working from home. He couldn't work from home as his work is computer based requiring a good broadband speed due to the complexity of drawings and he hasn't got this. So from the beginning he has had an office in my spare bedroom. He has separate access, separate bathroom and I don't come into contact with him BUT he is coming into my house every weekday for 2 months now.

I clean his bathroom (which he is not leaving 'dirty') and wash his towels every week on a Sunday evening.

I think many of the government and their advisors think that lockdown has gone on too long (based on science) and should have been mostly stopped by now and therefore have 'made their own risk assessments/decisions. I think that's fine for most of us BUT if you support the government publicly as part of your job then you fucking well toe the party line and do not do what Cummings has done. Doesn't matter how much he fights this - he's out, it's just a matter of how long it takes.

Either

A: Johnson and Cummings are exceptionally close and Johnson will probably step down soon anyway - hence this last sacrificial act for his dear friend, fucking the country in the process.

B: Similar to above, but they are exceptionally close as in “I have serious dirt on you” close rather than “cuddly best bros close”. And he will spill it if Johnson dares step over the mark. Johnson knows who’s in charge.