Dominic Cummings travelled from London to Durham to self isolate

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Seen running out of Downing Street
Went to self isolate with his wife in Durham with his parents when he had symptoms
Seems he had his family with him
He stayed with his wife and his parents looked after the children

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-52779356

One rule for us, one rule for him

@AgileLass

Fair enough, people don't like him but I can't see how this can be compared to Neil Ferguson persuading his mistress to travel to see him for sex

"Ferguson wasn’t infectious."
How do you know that? Many people are apparently asymptomatic.

I could childishly say bollocks to your rather odd 'you could almost feel the fucking virus crawling all over the house' but I won't because it speaks for itself.

Lol! Of course it's bollocks that one could feel the virus crawling round our house - it was a figure of speech to convey how infectious I felt we were at a certain point of our illness. Not meant to be taken literally in any way

And yes, it is a ridiculous assertion that Dominic Cummings, chief aide to the British Prime Minister, couldn't have got some sort of local childcare if both him and his wife were too sick to safely look after one child.

@NotEverythingIsBlackandWhite because Ferguson had already had the virus and recovered.

I'm utterly and totally astonished that there are people defending this.

Same here!

'There are no mitigating factors for you to leave the house if you have Covid let alone travel 300 miles'

Every one of us would do anything to make sure our DC were with people they knew and loved if we are at risk of needing hospitalisation at some point in the near future.

It isn't just a 'child care' issue and asking friends to babysit, it is the fact it is a very scary situation and kids need to be with people they love if their parents are potentially going to become very ill.

If this was purely a social visit it would of course be wrong and he should be sacked, but it wasn't.

So it was reported that Cummings was self isolating at home on 39th March but he had legged it to Durham by 31st March when the police investigated?

Now what did Johnson tell us in his 23rd March lockdown address?

From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction - you must stay at home.

Every one of us would do anything to make sure our DC were with people they knew and loved if we are at risk of needing hospitalisation at some point in the near future.

So you would risk your parents in their 70s dying? I wouldn't.

^^30th March, not 39th.

This is how politics works now. People are employed to defend politicians on social media or to distract from significant stories.

Run a YouGov poll and the govt would quite clearly see the anger from people who have sacrificed so much.

What if everyone who contracted Covid drove to their parents houses 'just in case' they deteriorated and couldn't look after their child? Would it be OK for everyone to do that? How did the rest of the population who have been in the same position as the Cummings family manage?

In the highly unlikely event that both parents did deteriorate to that extent, what was stopping his parents coming down to look after the child?

Ferguson wasn’t infectious.
How do you know that? Many people are apparently asymptomatic.

Well we know it because he had had Covid and had recovered.

How do you know that? Many people are apparently asymptomatic.

Because he HAD Covid and had recovered by the time the visit took place NotEverythingIsBlackAndWhite

Where do her parents live? Am just curious if they’re closer, if they had alternatives? Though guess they could have underlying conditions, etc.

But I still say if you’re well enough to drive that far then you’re not I’ll enough to need help. He knows the stats, that for most people it’s mild. That the chances of both of them being soo ill they needed help were minimal. But he still broke the rules and risked numerous other people while lying about it and trying to cover it up.

A lot of people will now think fuck it. Why bother only seeing one other person at a time outside. People will think it can’t be that important, I’ll have my parents round for dinner tonight.

Just been a statement from Downing Street. It was all within the rules, apparently and he has done nothing wrong.

Chinny reckon.

Every one of us would do anything to make sure our DC were with people they knew and loved if we are at risk of needing hospitalisation at some point in the near future.

Yes, and in this case, that arrangement could have been for the parents to come down to London and look after the child in the unlikely event of such an emergency. There was absolutely no need for them to travel. Everyone else has managed with such 'uncertainty'.

Just been a statement from Downing Street. It was all within the rules, apparently and he has done nothing wrong.

Utter bollocks.

is a very scary situation and kids need to be with people they love if their parents are potentially going to become very ill.

If this was purely a social visit it would of course be wrong and he should be sacked, but it wasn't

What are you on about? He had covid. The advice to everyone - and that includes government advisers - is to stay at home and not leave for any reason if you have symptoms.

The guidance is not - you can't see your parents for a social visit but if you've got your 4 yo in tow, travelling half the country while infectious is a-OK.

Every one of us would do anything to make sure our DC were with people they knew and loved if we are at risk of needing hospitalisation at some point in the near future

Yes driving for 5 hours whilst ill is a very responsible thing to do isn't it?
What would have happened had they gone from a mild illness to severe during these 5 hours?

A Parent should have been on standby to come to London, if they aren't fit enough to do that, they aren't fit enough to look after a child.

He won't go but Brand Johnson is being damaged once again, so not all bad :)

Just been a statement from Downing Street. It was all within the rules, apparently and he has done nothing wrong

Wow. Massive failure to understand the mood of the nation. Again.

RhondaWentToRhyl

Are you married to Dominic Cummings?

I can only find a Mirror link, but the Govt confirmed on 30 April that Cummings was "self isolating"

They would not confirm where he was working.

They knew.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/coronavirus-dominic-cummings-accused-failing-21864731

I'm utterly and totally astonished that there are people defending this.

Totally explains the mess the UK has been in since 2016.

March 30..

All within the rules
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orf with his head

@Helloitsmemargaret

NotEverythingIsBlackandWhite because Ferguson had already had the virus and recovered.
Oh yes, of course. Sorry but I'd totally forgotten that.