Dominic Cummings Covid evidence

[Newtonianmechanics]

Is anyone going to watch this man give evidence today?

Apparently there is a vigil in Barnard Castle ahead of this.

The shopping trolleys emoji seems to mean they think Carrie was controlling Boris from the last few days. Wonder if this will feature.

Thank you for answering my questions

I'm glad you thought I answered them

This is where I need a drink (again).

Asking about setting up an Equality Department

Now I can only assume this is satire

(In way view Sedwill oversaw - or failed to see - the civil service going down the shitter as far as equalities are concerned. He's already mentioned 'gender' as if it's a protected characteristic under EA 2010, when it's not.)

Brutal and useless should be tattooed to Johnson's fat head. That is spot on

Ten minutes break then Tomlinson.

Btw I'm sorry my type-along skills are useless. It's live on BBC News 24 anyway, with some commentary.

I guess we will all pull out different things though that interest us and make our jaws drop, and have different interpretations, and that's fascinating in itself. That's my excuse anyway.

(I bet this Minister, Justin Tomlinson, didn't get a look in with the big boys during covid preparations & lockdowns and I always got the impression he was weak as dishwater anyway when facing up to the DWP's failings)

'He can't remember' already some key stats about disability / long term illness rates in Wales and Scotland

KC: Equality Hub formed that incorporated disability, race and the Govt Equal office (GEO)

JT: yes

JT: Equality Hub was the responsibility of different SoS than my own

Q: how were interests of disabled people represented at COBR, Cabinet etc?

A: Terese Coffey ... exceptionally hard-working ...

I had to stop watching live this morning. I'm massively behind.

Still watching Mark Sedwill, it is amazing. He is using 'civil service speak', but his criticism of BJ and Hancock is surprising.

Brilliant, but surprising.

I'll let you take over, @minou123, I'm back to screaming into the void again. 😱

😁

I was like that yesterday.

I need to stop watching this for my mental healthand blood pressure ,but it's become an obsession, I can't stop.

Tomorrow is going to be worse, Priti Patel is on in the morning 😱

Priti Patel, you say? Ooh, tempting. That means I have to pick between watching her and the shingles vaccine clinic. And that's not something I ever thought I'd type.

😂😂😂

That's a difficult decision indeed

Oof. The whatsapps between Simon Case and Mark Sedwill are brutal.

MS: "The people who surround the PM are baiscally feral. I have the bite marks"
😁

I mean, it shouldn’t be funny but…,

Leaky Tomlinson MP us up next, let's see what he has to say for himself.

Before I watch, I'm going to guess his whole evidence will be
" I was just a junior minister. Nobody listened to me. I was baiscally a nobody" not my fault".

21% of people in the UK are disabled, about 14 million people.
I didn't know that.

Civil servants can be good fun over a drink or several. And they are often witty.

And a significant proportion of those people have other vulnerabilities : elderly people are more likely to be disabled(obviously) and disabled people are more likely to live in poverty.

Tomlinson said that included people with long term health conditions and there was some unclear waffle about whether it included old people. I suspect he might mean those on Attendance Allowance, but honestly who knows? I would make sense if it was DLA + PIP + AA = 21%.

I may google later. Or I may dream instead about Shingrix.