to wonder why Cummings is not trending on Twitter tonight?

[chomalungma]

Durham is
Ferguson is
Laura Kuensburg is

But not Cummings. And he has been the main topic of conversation.

What's going on at Twitter?

what are they supposed to do with their child, give that leaving them grandparents is also frowned on

That was missing from the guidelines - and that's surprising, considering that there are many parents - and many single parents - who are likely to be in this position.

What does happen to children if their parents can't look after them - was that ever asked in a press briefing?

RanfomLondoner I imagine they're just supposed to deal with it tbh.
If both parents are in serious conditions and need hospitalisation then I guess social services would help, ideally using nearby family? But unless that's the case I think you suck it up as a shit situation which you, along with many others in the country, have to deal with.

Interested if anyone else knows more about actual guidelines.

Hopefully the screenshot will attach here, showing Dominic as trending.

I see your point about the parents being too ill to look after their child, but how did the parents in this case travel hundreds of miles to their own parents?

It was trending as dominiccummings earlier tonight and then it disappeared or changed to durham.

No mention this morning
We have DominicGoings

And the Stephen Kinnock....for some reason

amp.theguardian.com/politics/2020/may/22/dominic-cummings-durham-trip-coronavirus-lockdown

Share this on your twitter feed, hopefully it'll be shared by others.

I'm a single parent and my DC have sometimes just had to cope when I have been ill with severe migraine. I made a plan for what would happen if I got Covid 19. It didn't occur to me to think about sending DC to their grandparents.

I find it worrying seeing what's happening on Twitter and it makes me wonder about his power.

My very close friend is a single mum - her ex isn’t allowed near her or the kids.
Her mum is vulnerable.
She has 2 disabled kids.
They were very ill with presumed CV.
All three of them were really unwell- kids had atypical signs and at the time we didn’t know it, but they had rashes and covid tor’s and all sorts of red flags.
She had a Contingency plan and SS, the school and her doctor were aware of how ill they all were.

It really says something about a couple who are so sick they can't care for their child and the nearest person they could turn to is 250 miles away because let's face it a 250 mile drive with a young child isn't easy at the best of times. If you have Covid it would be a pretty drastic journey to set out on, I mean would you be sure you would be able to get there? How safe would it be to drive if you weren't well enough to lie on the sofa and let your child watch Peppa Pig and eat crisps.

If one of my neighbours was ill, and particularly if they had a young child, I'd be offering to take food round and check they were OK. Wouldn't Cummings neighbours or colleagues do the same?

I'm a single parent and my DC have sometimes just had to cope when I have been ill with severe migraine. I made a plan for what would happen if I got Covid 19. It didn't occur to me to think about sending DC to their grandparents. My husband is disabled and when DD was about 15 months old I had food poisoning. I was so ill and DH couldn't get up without my help. I dragged myself downstairs and got supplies for her and DH, fruit some juice, cereal, biscuits and then collapsed on the bed. She sat between us for the day watching TV and eating junk. Sometimes you just have to get on with it, I certainly couldn't have driven 250 miles.

The word 'Cummings' is not trending at all.
His wife's name is trending though
Along with other related stuff.

But not his surname

Most people I know who have had the virus even ' mildly' could just about make it to go to the loo and back to bed let alone drive hundreds of miles to potentially infect other people on route.
I feel lockdown is officially over now.
People will read all this and be even more determined to break the rules and see their families etc. Who can blame them?

The bots are not just on Twitter.

Quite.

Whenever a thread appears on here attacking Boris or Tories, ZombieFan suddenly appears aggressively defending them. Funny you never see them on other threads isn’t it...

Oh give it a break, he is a human being who cares about his parents. Most human beings would react the same way in his situation

Most decent humans would do everything they could to protect their elderly parents which would include staying well away from them if they contracted Covid

Twitter is drowning in right wing bot accounts

Bit like mumsnet at the moment then. There was a thread a couple of weeks back praising Boris, it was started at 6am and by 6.15 am there had been dozens of posts all in agreement supporting OP's Boris love. Wasn't until later in the day a few dissenting voices came on and the thread took a different turn. They honestly couldn't make it more obvious if they tried.

Because most people would have done the same thing in his situation, I know I would.

He was taking his child to be looked after by his sister and then stayed in separate accomodation with his wife.
Covid 19 can be mild initially so possible to drive. It can get a lot worse after 5 or 6 days and really incapacitate some people so it would makes sense to plan for worst case scenario ie both parents seriously ill and no childcare, when you have a young child.

This thread isn't about his actions - there are other threads about that.

This is about Twitter. Do the Cummings supporters not find it strange that his surname isn't trending?

Because most people would have done the same thing in his situation, I know I would. He was taking his child to be looked after by his sister and then stayed in separate accomodation with his wife.
Covid 19 can be mild initially so possible to drive. It can get a lot worse after 5 or 6 days and really incapacitate some people so it would makes sense to plan for worst case scenario ie both parents seriously ill and no childcare, when you have a young child. If my sister was so ill that she needed childcare I'd go to her, I wouldn't want her doing a 250 mile drive.

I wonder if he stopped on the way, he'd be lucky to do a 250 mile journey with a 3 or 4 year old and not need to stop. I wonder if anyone else was infected by him?

The trending algorithm probably prevents it because of the spelling and its association with a ‘rude’ word . 😁

wonder if he stopped on the way, he'd be lucky to do a 250 mile journey with a 3 or 4 year old and not need to stop. I wonder if anyone else was infected by him?

Very unlikely. He'd want to avoid being seen.
Potty for child, Tena pads for parents, or suitable pee container.
Drinks and snacks.

Twitter trending screens out swear words, including ‘cum’. It’s the same issue faced by Scunthorpe. Hence Dominic trending, but not Cummings.

The whole thing is reprehensible and too much is being done to excuse him, but it’s not a big mystery why this word isn’t trending.

What does happen to children if their parents can't look after them - was that ever asked in a press briefing?

@chomalungma yes it was, maybe in April and Jenny Harries answered it. I think she said that if no relatives, friends or other services could help people should contact the council hub. One of the papers (poss the Guardian) printed her answer today.

Here’s Jenny Harries’ original advice @chomalungma:

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/parenting/health-bosses-advice-single-parents-17973790.amp

I've seen lots of wrongly spelt versions of DC trending today. It was DominicCummimgs earlier.