Sky News - Cummings to make a rare statement...

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And answer questions today. I wonder if he's doing the briefing today with Bozo?!

I wonder how this will go?!

love the way hes blaming the media coverage of his actions as opposed to his actual actions.

@vera99
"WHILST INFECTED, WHILST INFECTED" etc. Nasty stammer you have there.

"Vera, you mentioned drugs yesterday too I believe?"
Oh, did she? I think it must be Vera on the drugs.

I think he is coming across well, he's being polite and cooperative, he's not being defensive or arrogant.
Had he taken this approach at first he could have saved us all a huge amount of grief.
I still think he took the piss, but at least he is being prepared to account for himself.

No better way to check your eyesight is fit for driving than driving to Durham castle.

That's what my driving examiner asked me to do at the beginning of my test!

I like this woman who’s questioning him now

Oh it’s the media’s fault

it's all fake news!

He is blaming the media for the reports they’ve done, he seems to think that his statement changes people’s minds about what he did

Jules Birch
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Surely one of the reasons you don't leave a Covid infection hotspot (knowing one of you has it) to drive to another part of the country is risk that one of you might have to go to hospital there, risking spreading it (exactly what happened)

B1rdbra1n
Really? he is basically saying I do not regret anything at all. He broke the rules on more than one occasions, probably infected other people and drove to ‘test’ his frigging eyesight.
Do we really want someone this thick running Boris Johnson?

Princess Di eyes

He's coming across as an ordinary bloke, lacking in confidence, who's overwhelmed by the situation.

Clearly there must be more to him than that or he wouldn't have got himself in that powerful position. But that other side of him isn't coming through.

Puzzled...we were in a very similar position. My husband was very poorly and in bed for 3 days. Risk that I could become ill as well (and I have asthma). It didn't cross our minds to drive 150 miles to our parents' house. We would have muddled through like thousands of other families. We've done it before in different circumstances - we had a nasty bug a few years ago and could barely move. We took shifts laying on the sofa watching our toddler. Worst case scenario one of our parents would have driven to us.

He is an out and out liar.

Is this on BBC 1 as well as Sky

Yes.

Clearly there must be more to him than that or he wouldn't have got himself in that powerful position
Based on that argument, Trump is the Einstein of our times.

I love Gary Gibbon.

Hang on, so if Boris was so ill that he doesn't remember what was said, then WTF was he doing still handling things /in charge?

He remembers nothing about his chat with Bojo but remembers every detail about his trip when he was under lots of pressure

I think the interesting issue arising from this is that the public believed the three word slogans dreamed up by Cummings. He wrote the small print for small children. No one else appeared to. Does this make everyone else lemmings and a pushover for draconian measures? Possibly yes. Cummings knew a way out of his dilemma and took it. Other people didn’t know because three word slogans don’t permit it. No one told the rest of us. So the nation suffered. We need a better press, radio, analysis and clear information. Nothing was clear about looking after young children if you thought you might be ill. What a shambles. Who knew you could travel 260 miles for childcare? I suspect hardly anyone.

I think he is coming across well. He is showing humility and I feel we will all know him a bit better rather than being this mysterious shadowy guy.

The crux for me in how he made his decision was that he was also getting harassment at home. That is unacceptable for anyone to have to put up with.

I feel quite sorry for the bloke tbh which has surprised me. He looks completely out his depth.

This is an act... he could read the prepared statement but stumbles hugely when questioned

Gary Gibbon is fab. Channel 4 news tonight will be a must watch