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

Huh?

Didn’t Cummings’ uncle die from Covid?

Presumably after this incident otherwise he’s even more stupid than I thought.

@Tippexy how on earth did Jenrick "follow the rules"? Everyone was told to stay in their primary residence and not go to any second homes. Jenrick and his family lived in London. His wife worked in London. His children went to school in London. So, no going to a rural second home in Herefordshire and then commuting back to London was not acceptable. Or is it okay for government ministers but not senior Scottish civil servants for example?

Cummings is the modern Tory party. He has been right at the heart since Iain Duncan Smith was leader of the opposition when he was the Conservative party's director of strategy
www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/11/dominic-cummings-genius-menace-michael-gove
I doubt he will go anywhere.

@Rosehip10 People got so focussed on “should he have been at his parents house?” the fact he shouldn’t have been travelling to his other home got completely missed. Especially when he came straight back to London the following Monday.

Still it was lucky for his parents that he was around. I mean how bizarre and worrying for them that the local help they’d been openly getting to her shopping and prescriptions just wasn’t available for that exact one prescription that he had to collect for them...

He was probably just doing his bit for herd immunity, or perhaps he doesn't like his parents very much.

I hope he stays. It will further weaken and taint Johnson's position.

@TokyoSushi “boris’s nasty BFF”. Haha like that description.

Someone on another thread recently described him as “Johnson’s pocket Lucifer”, which I thought was also apt.

He looks like a particularly malevolent goblin.

Surely if you're able to drive 250 miles, you can take care of your own kid?

Absolutely he has to go.

He won't though. The current tory party are absolutely rotten to the core, the self-serving twats.

His wife's article about their covid experience was an out and out lie. And she's supposedly a practicing Catholic.

If he was well enough to drive 250 miles he was well enough to look after a 4 year old.

Naga Munchetty defending him this morning. The BBC seem to be acting as the PR branch of the Conservative govt. No wonder people are warming to Piers Morgan.

Nicola Sturgeon is still being crucified over not immediately firing Cathrine Calderwood and what she did - travelling to an empty house far less distance away. I see it being dragged up daily on SM. Yet no doubt this idiot will get to stay

He should go but won’t, he’s a Teflon Tory and the great British public seem to accept a lack of integrity, philandering, corruption and propaganda.

We cannot trust our government to adhere to rules that they set out and then break. There is no clarity about anything they do and they cannot answer a straight question. They don’t seem to give a shiny shit about the ‘oiks’. This Covid-19 is a pain in the arse for them as they don’t do compassion or poor people. It’s showing them up in a harsh light but they will probably stay, as will the baldy evil one who would have been more suited to Germany circa 1930.

Johnson can't do much can he, Carrie Symonds moved to Chequers when he came out of hospital. That wasn't OK either was it.

Yes I was thinking that too...the rulz don’t apply to the government. They probably have a dentist and hairdresser too. Johnson’s hair is done like that on purpose btw to add to his ‘roguish’ wankery.

Wasn't he supposed to have said it wouldn't matter if a few pensioners died? Maybe he included his own parents in that.

This sounds like there was some lying going on.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000hmyy

1hr 48 mins she starts

Deliberate plan to nudge people to start breaking lockdown. Definite plan
behind it. Wouldn't be surprised if it hadn't been leaked deliberately.

I hadn't considered this, you are probably right!

Johnson can't do much can he, Carrie Symonds moved to Chequers when he came out of hospital. That wasn't OK either was it.*

There was conveniently some clause appeared that people could move to a different home to live around that time.

I still find it mind boggling that 'Dominic Cummings' isn't trending on Twitter - Dominic Goings and even Durham is. Shows you how much control he has. Also would like to know why the story broke now.

I still find it mind boggling that 'Dominic Cummings' isn't trending on Twitte

It's very very very strange

His wife's name is trending

Yeah I don’t get the twitter thing at all.