Cummings and Goings (2)

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I wonder where he stopped on the way up to Durham?

Has to be at least one stop.

As a disabled single parent to a child with autism, I'm close to having to put my child into temporary foster care as I cannot cope anymore. She is looked after but I feel she's being emotionally neglected whilst I'm ill and because of lockdown, she cannot go to my Mums as she is 75 and shielding. My Mum is the only one she could otherwise go to. Thanks to lockdown, it's not possible.
Except for him of course! Oh how I wish I could hire childcare to help! How the hell would I go about that?! Even if I had the money

In future, my motto for life when asked by the government to do anything will be

What would Dominic Cummings do?

Absolutely brilliant

Don't feel sorry for Shapps. I read him described on a political talkboard once as "a chiseling, weaselly little shit". Pretty much on the nail IMO.

Yes I wondered that. I bet all service stations on the m1 are digging out the cctv footage.

Then I completely misinterpreted this story from 31 March, sorry Piers.

www.hellomagazine.com/homes/gallery/2020033187141/good-morning-britain-piers-morgan-house-photos/1/

I think 'the Cummings Clause' could catch on...

BJ being called to the press conference this afternoon by Labour again.

What were the rules for visiting places such as Barnard Castle 30 miles from Durham - even after you have self isolated?

Pretty sure we were only allowed to exercise. ....

Just watching politics england. The Tory mp, who is a doctor, is just regurgitating the same line as the other mps. Quite shocking seeing as she is on the front line. She just admitted that DC sil was nearby in london.

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Where exactly was he/his family? Barnard castle is in Co Durham.

Cummings says to journalists outside his house this morning, "it's not about what you guys think but about doing the right thing".

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8352057/Now-Tory-MPs-demand-head-Dominic-Cummings-Brexiteer-Steve-Baker-leads-backbench-anger.html

So we can now all act according to our own judgment of doing the right thing in terms of how we respond to lockdown rules.

He also has the nerve to instruct journalist to move away and abide by the 2m social distancing rule. He's a callous one isn't he? Convinced of his own importance, cocky and reckless too. Quite a scary character actually.

If you are self isolating due to symptoms of Covid , then I am fairly sure that involved not even going out for exercise didn't it ?

Stealth it's been reported Barnard castle is 30 miles form the residence of his parents where he was isolating.

Andrew McQuillan
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“We were simply keen to visit Durham, with its famous castle and cathedral which has a 66m spire”

So that sounds like his family are in Durham City. So what was he doing in barnard Castle then?? It's a tiny place.

If you are self isolating due to symptoms of Covid , then I am fairly sure that involved not even going out for exercise didn't it ?

Originally you could go out for exercise even with symptoms, not sure when this changed. However, MW wrote in her article that DC was far more ill than just having symptoms. So how that ties in to being well enough to drive / exercise is anyones guess.

If you are self isolating due to symptoms of Covid , then I am fairly sure that involved not even going out for exercise didn't it

The timeline is key to this.

1. When did his wife become ill?
2. When did they drive to Durham
3. Did Boris know at this point - we remember when Boris became ill and we saw him doing the Thursday clap?
4. Who drove to Durham
5. Did they do the 14 day self isolation - as is recommended for all members of a household
6. When did they go to Barnard Castle - which is 30 miles away and which @clavinova didn't know last night
7. When did they return
8. Who returned - and did he go back?

Yes it did Frumpety
I had symptoms on April 1. Didn't leave my room for 14 days even, for worry of infecting my household.

Felt so dog rough there's no way I could drive, let alone risk infecting my parents in their 70s.

I remember rhe rules well due to me being ill. It was an absolute no go to leave the house.

At least a 45 min drive as Barnard Castle isn't exactly on the motorway. It is at the edge of the penninnes.

It just reminds me of Rees-mogg’s common sense remark re Grenfell.
And can I point out he was reelected after saying this.
There's another thread running asking if anyone regrets voting Tory because of their performance on CV. Twenty plus pages, loads and loads of posters and not a single word of criticism of Tory government, from Tory voters. Not one word. It's astonishing, they all think they've done a great job, nobody could have done better.

Sorry, it was 7 days for me, 14 for the whole household.

Even though he knew that he would be asked about dates and he knew that that he would be appearing on the Sunday shows today, Shapps claims that he knows nothing about Cummings' movements.

What were the rules for visiting places such as Barnard Castle 30 miles from Durham Where I live, and I'm sure in many other places you would have been told that you need to exercise near your home, which in Cummings' case was London.

This was the sunny Easter weekend when the chief nurse was begging everyone to stay at home and save lives.

Oh dear. We know the emergency dash home coincided with his mother's birthday and now it seems the trip to the castle was on his wife's birthday. This man really does care about his family....