to think Dominic Cummings has to go?

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Dominic Cummings apparently travelled to his parents house while meant to be self isolating due to covid symptoms.

Given what happened with Neil Ferguson and Catherine Calderwood, AIBU to think his position ought to be untenable?

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/politics/2020/may/22/dominic-cummings-durham-trip-coronavirus-lockdown

Briefing delayed until 5 pm - breaking news.

Interesting.

Must be having trouble getting their story straight and wondering what more the Guardian/Mirror have still to come out

There were exceptions for 'vulnerable people' i.e. young children and for work reasons - arguably his reasons met both

So really, anyone with young children and who had 1 parent with Covid 19 should have been able to move to another location in the country to get support?

As should any single parent with a child - when that parent got ill?

That really really really didn't come across in the guidelines?

Jas that sounds rather petulant? Fuck them?

Isn't it going to affect you if covid is passed between your relatives? Why would that upset or impact boris?

Your responsibility is yourself surely?

But if it was anyone else they would have been told they were unreasonable to even consider doing what he has. It's not like he was a lone parent, struggling to juggle work with no childcare available. It is such a flimsy argument.

What he did several times was wrong. It was even more wrong because of travelling that far with someone infected and not isolating for 2 weeks.

That really really really didn't come across in the guidelines?

That's because it wasn't in the guidelines.

Let’s live in hope of him bringing this government down

Let’s live in hope of him bringing this government down

It would be almost karmic, wouldn’t it? Won’t happen though.

What I got from the guidelines and the legislation was that if all caregivers in the household were incapable of providing care, another person, from another household, was allowed to visit and provide care. Not that you could leave home to do so.

And as I have said, on MN, this interpretation was seen as a bit lax in some quarters. Anyone else remember a thread about whether it was acceptable to take care of a friend's child so that she could have her husband with her as a birth partner in hospital?

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Common sense should prevail in all circumstances yes.

There is no common sense in someone with CV19 travelling the length of England. None.

@Notonthestairs, also if you have a continuous cough of any kind, you should not be driving full stop. If you crashed you would be liable.

skwawkbox.org/2020/05/24/breaking-police-arrive-at-cummings-london-home/?fbclid=IwAR1HIphw9Cd5wwmSiQXRR7-N_Ov6Q1sHBSpT4rKJ42i8pZHPhXrmSdn_NSo

Sorry, I posted too soon.
Apparently police have gone to Cummings house.

I suspect that if the police are at his house it will be at the request to the people who live in the street. Must be very difficult for them if they want to leave their houses.

I've heard that 111 responders, on attending a single parent household where a child was having COVID problems, and mother was herself coughing blood, said no way should anyone leave the house. Even if her second, clinically vulnerable, child needed caring for by someone else. Luckily none of them needed hospital in the end.

I really feel for his little boy having to have that blasted outside his house. It's one thing having it there silently or posters but what I've just seen is awful.

It seems like far left activitists to me.

That's not the police, it's a cleverly edited (by Labour) smear video. What possible reason would the police have for visiting lawful citizens like our dear Mr Cummings who never done nothing wrong at all, swear to god guv.🤚 I can't believe this torture and harassment of a sweet man with a 4yo toddler!

Strawberry... Do you think a single mother coughing blood should leave the house or drive anywhere?

I think to advise that lady to stay put was good advice.
However, if I had mild symptoms and was a single parent and could drive to a house on my parents land, I would have done. But by the time I'm coughing up blood, it's too late to do anything.

Utter bullshit that a child of a very wealthy family with friends in high places could be classed as 'vulnerable' in these circumstances. They are taking us all for fools if they think we believe that not one of their influential contacts couldn't have helped/arranged food shopping or childcare at the drop of a hat.

X posted with Shortsally. Armando Iannucci was right, you really can't satirise anymore.😂😂😂🤯

Boris is doing the briefing !

Boris is doing the briefing

Snap @Violetparis!!

Things must be very difficult if they are bringing out the Boris!