Cummings is taking questions later today

[pontypridd]

How on earth is that going to go?

You can’t just fire a highly competent person who is important in the govt during a national crisis because people are baying for blood. At worst this was a serious error of judgement.

Highly competent is at complete odds with 'serious error of judgment', which has been compounded, time and again. Completely undermining the government and public consensus and compliance in the terrible situation of a global pandemic.

If the witch hunt is indeed directed at a very real, toxic, and dangerous witch, could it be that it is entirely justified?

London is very different to the rest of the UK. I doubt there are any village or town FB's helping each other out. If you are sick, you are on your own.

One of the people who runs the neighbourhood group in Cumming's own street tweeted over the weekend reiterating the list of services they offer to residents - getting shopping, picking up prescriptions, walking pets etc. Other neighbours replied saying what a godsend they'd been in lockdown.

'You may not agree with his views or advice to gov but he obviously feels that his role is vital'

No doubt. How can you protect your own best interests and those of your mates in the Conservative party at the expense of the nation if you're not working?

It’s total bull. Me and DH were ill for weeks. I couldn’t have bared the thought of getting in a car and driving for 20 mins, never mind hours. The other pointless drives whilst he was up there, the convenient back to work after Easter!? He would’ve been better keeping quiet. I didn’t believe a word he said.

Highly competent?? Don't make me laugh. His only competence is in lying and making shit decisions based on his own interpretation of his own rules.

I’m in London, very very many streets have Covid support groups & have really rallied round neighbours & vulnerable groups where I live the support has been truly amazing.

Of course you can fire someone for a serious error of judgement regardless how competent they usually are in their role

As his serious error of judgement gives out the message that we don’t actually need to follow the guidelines and we can all use our common sense

This is a time more than ever that guidance given we mostly need to follow

Him staying will undermine the government for the rest of their term because the guidelines has impacted everyone’s day to day life in some way. Other government policies do not they will impact some or they will blend into our everyday lives so we often barley notice

This is a time like no other

'You can’t just fire a highly competent person who is important in the govt during a national crisis because people are baying for blood.'

People are baying for blood because they are angry that we've been making huge sacrifices by following the lockdown rules for months and DC hasn't bothered. And nothing will be done about it. They're not hounding him for the sake of it, it's because he's slapped all of us in the face. And we are sick and tired of being slapped in the face by our own government, the people who are supposed to be looking after our best interests.

And honestly, if Boris had said yesterday that DC had broken guidelines but Boris couldn’t run the country without him so wouldn’t be sacking him, that would be one thing. But he didn't, he said DC had done what any loving father would have done, and it was ridiculous to expect people to stick to guidelines when it didn’t suit them.

So again, these people heading to the beaches seem to have Boris’s explicit approval to flout the law if they feel like it.

Again, we dont care that he made mistakes, its the government lying about it all and disrespecting the public and backtracking on the lockdown rules/guidelines that is the problem. He did well at the start and showed his humanity and his panic is understandable I can see why he went to Durham - but to go for a drive to test if he was safe to drive? There must have been a better excuse than that!

all the bbc reporters going here there - every fucking where dont follow the rules either

I don't suppose this has anything to do with Boris' great loyalty?

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dominic-cummings-mary-wakefield-charlotte-edwards-boris-johnson-groping-allegation-a9126331.html?amp#aoh=15904293301772&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s

If anyone has a link to the petition for him to resign, it could be worth starting a new thread?

According to Twitter, Mary Wakefield can drive.

@Inoneminute or that rumour has it his Sister’s company has been awarded the contract for the app, not 100% sure if that’s true but imagine it would be fairly easy to check it out Trurepublic also had a very interesting piece on Dominic Cummings.

That's from @MartineMavi on Twitter btw.

So Mary Wakefield could have driven the family back to London. No need for the Barnard Castle "test drive", then.

Hmmmmm

People are baying for blood because they are angry that we've been making huge sacrifices by following the lockdown rules for months and DC hasn't bothered

I don’t know a single person who hasn’t broken at least one lockdown rule.

It’s possible he is lying. If he is he will be caught out and have to resign. Agree the whole
“Driving to
The castle” thing is highly
Suspect. The rest of it I can’t
Get
Too upset about.

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Petition above

I haven't broken a single rule. Even now, actually.

I haven't felt any desperate need or desire to either mind.

robert peston has just asked Johnson why didn't Mary drive back to London and why did they need to go to barnard castle if Mary can drive...

all the bbc reporters going here there - every fucking where dont follow the rules either

Travelling for work that they cannot do from home presumably covers that. Keep trying.