Let's (Truth) Twist Again (3)

[SouthWestmom]

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

HE IS NOW UNDERMINING ALL GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE!!

I think they need to stop now because repeating the questions can be spun into haranguing him. The brave, panicked aide who was under siege in London and dared not trouble the Prime Minister about it.

'You have to exercise judgement' - big, big mistake. We were not told to exercise judgement. We were told to stay at home.

Barnard Castle is South west of Durham.

What about the guy from Derry who received a 4 week sentence for driving 280 miles under lockdown??

we find the defendant guilty of the crimes charged, and also these other things he admitted to as part of his not guilty plea

Stealthpolarbear Exactly!

There was guidance about what you should have done.

Stay home

Remember, you helped to write it after all.

What a crock of shit.

@Saucery Loads of gaslighting including saying that it wasnt mentioned in his wifes Spectator article that they were in Durham because of his parents house being "targeted" too. WTF His parents house wasnt on the bloody radar until after all this came out

Hypocritical lying gaslighting cunt.

A big part of the right-wing establishment has spotted an opportunity to get rid of a liability.

Where were these rules about children? I genuinely cant remember seeing it.

I heard it being read out a few times, but where was it printed back in march?

Only had CV when he needs to use this situation. When he needs to have a get out he says they were never tested.

We blatantly did not have discretion on how we interpreted the rules. People were fined, sentenced etc for breaking the rules.

One rule for the elite, one rule for the mugs us.

And whilst I was weighing up the safety of situations I decided to test drive a 60 mile round trip in case my eyes were still not working properly

With my 4 yr old in the car, instead of leaving him in the care of my sister / nieces, which was the entire reason I drove to Durham in the first place.

I think this was planned. Get the media to hound him so he then looks like he's being "got at". Then all his supporters can say "can we just get on with what's important and stop this media circus". It has the double benefit of boring everyone into submission if you keep going on and on

Well I cannot imagine any of the last four PMs or Nick Clegg making such a pig's ear of the issue as Boris did yesterday. Today's shit show would not have happened.

I need a shower. Back later...
Ironically, had been clearing the drains of shite.

Good luck to the anchors trying to summarise this...

So if I get stopped in my car a long way from home during lockdown by the police asking what I'm doing - I can say I'm testing my eyesight

Nope. Don't buy it.

Almost did up until he drove 30 miles to test his eye sight.

Fucking dangerous. Not only for his wife and child but others around him.

I had heard about Cummings before this. Heard about things he had reportedly said. I didn't really have a feeling one way or another about him - I didn't know enough about him.

But I can tell you that story did not give me a good impression.

It’s obvious he broke the rules to (1) be close to his family, for support (2) to travel to a second home somewhere that felt safer.

Many of us wanted to do that, but the rules he played a part in drafting prohibited it (in spirit, if not letter).

Isn't the whole thing basically:

fam getting poorly
oh noez, teh baby! - no babysitters!
leg it up North - spare house and immortal teenagers to teh rescue!
poorliness
poorliness
bit better
trial run with the driving back
ok, back to london

So basically, what he’s saying, is that parents can drive any distance in order to access childcare as they see fit.

That is NOT the message they gave the rest of us

There was something so striking about the sad trestle table he had to sit at