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Let's (Truth) Twist Again (3)

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SouthWestmom · 24/05/2020 20:54

Thread three for following the uproar at playing down the lock down and rewriting the rules.

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SouthWestmom · 25/05/2020 17:30

I do wear glasses but I've ignored my instincts to do the best for my kids because I followed the government guidance

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effingterrified · 25/05/2020 17:30

janet1267 - I was quoting you.

You said: "I now think it's time to move on."

I wasn't telling you what to do. I was saying you do you, dear.

Just don't expect the rest of us to copy you!

The rest of us normal people want Cummings gone. Nothing left but his sparkly shoes kind of gone.

GrimmsFairytales · 25/05/2020 17:31

So you engineer a situation where you have symptomatic people breathing droplets on your treasure in an enclosed space for hours on end in a drive across the country.

I think the fact his son was ill enough to require an ambulance, and a trip to hospital when most kids get it mildly, is a direct result of 4 hours in a car with his ill mother.

vera99 · 25/05/2020 17:31

dying on his arse.

AlecTrevelyan006 · 25/05/2020 17:32

We can’t hear the question!

GrimmsFairytales · 25/05/2020 17:33

East... errr South.

SouthWestmom · 25/05/2020 17:33

I don't think this was fair. He fucked up and thinks he is special. But he isn't a trained public speaker and this is like trial by media.

It's tv gold but ill advised

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vera99 · 25/05/2020 17:33

Wait...is he now saying he had corona?

Roussette · 25/05/2020 17:33

This is getting ridiculous. Totally ridiculous. He is not a natural talking like this.

Does his wife not drive??

He talks like the country can't run without him.

Saucery · 25/05/2020 17:33

Had enough of him now. Never seen the like.

StealthPolarBear · 25/05/2020 17:33

Has he also been to Peterlee? East as well as south

effingterrified · 25/05/2020 17:34

This is painful.

Hope Boris is pissing himself. He must loathe the man with his hand up his backside.

janet1267 · 25/05/2020 17:34

Effingterrified I am normal. Don't be so rude. It is perfectly reasonable to have differing views.

I have said repeatedly that I abhor his behaviour. I have written to my MP. I think he and his wife are bullshitters.

I've lost my livelihood because of this pandemic. I'm fucking furious at this. But we need to move on at some point to the real issues facing us all.

Roussette · 25/05/2020 17:34

I do wonder if he was made to do this or chose to do this.

greenlynx · 25/05/2020 17:34

And he’s unsure that he’s fit to drive and take a child with him for a test drive?????

snowballer · 25/05/2020 17:34

Noeuf - but why's it not fair? He's got up there voluntarily and 100% knew he'd be grilled

SouthWestmom · 25/05/2020 17:34

I think that they should have released a statement and let it speak for itself.

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StealthPolarBear · 25/05/2020 17:34

If it comes out his wife does drive... Oh dear

When is the actual briefing

minou123 · 25/05/2020 17:35

I cant hear the journalist, is she asking why he drive to Barnard castle?

effingterrified · 25/05/2020 17:35

Do you think they've been told to turn the mike down on the journalists' questions to save Cummings' discomfort?

SouthWestmom · 25/05/2020 17:35

Snowballer I don't know just the going on now

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StealthPolarBear · 25/05/2020 17:35

Yes what's happened to the sound

vera99 · 25/05/2020 17:35

Sarah Langford
@wigsandwords
Cummings is like the nightmare defence client who thinks he’s the cleverest person in court & no matter how strongly u advise him not to go into the witness box insists he can ‘clear all this mess up quickly’ while you sit with ur head in ur hands trying not to look at the jury.

knittingaddict · 25/05/2020 17:35

1for sorrow seriously are you OK? Turn it off, have a hot chocolate and watch something trashy for a while.

Agreed. I'm not watching because I knew how much I would hate watching it. This thread is great though. All the news with a fraction of the angst.

Roussette · 25/05/2020 17:36

But we need to move on at some point to the real issues facing us all

I agree. But how do we do that with this shit show? He has shown himself to be the most important person in the country just about. He has to be called to account. Until the public are satisfied, the 20 Tory's who think he should go are satisfied, the scientists are satisfied.. we will not move on.