Paid Members JNLister Posted May 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 26, 2020 Saw somebody make the very valid point that whether Cummings followed or broke either the spirit or letter of the lockdown/self-isolation isn't as big an issue as the fact that he completely undermined the point of it. He went from London, which had 20,000 cases at the time, to Durham which had 100 cases, while infected, then went to a hospital with his family and thus exposed medical staff to greater risk (in turn risking their ability to treat patients for both COVID and other conditions.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted May 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 26, 2020 8 hours ago, RedRooster said: It doesn’t really look like it’s been picked up by anyone aside from Faisal Islam which is deeply deflating. And I think that seriously underplays how serious it is. Evidence of the man who is behind Boris Johnson’s policy crafting a new reality to suit the lies he wishes to tell. The media should be seizing upon that asking if he lied about this, what else has he lied about? But it feels to me like enough people in the press are moving on for this to become ‘yesterday’s story’. This guy's posted screenshots, but I don't know if he's a journalist. It's picked up a lot of steam, though:   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted May 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 26, 2020 BBC piece on the topic:Â https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52808059. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted May 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 26, 2020 It's on Metro too. I'd be like "Yaaay", but a greater proportion of me thinks it will make no difference whatsoever. For all his pomposity, Johnson's shown himself to be utterly spineless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted May 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 26, 2020 Matt Hancock showing pure shithousery today by cutting people off without retort or a follow up question if he didn't like the first question. What a twat. Still looks like the law is going to be changed for anyone who was given a penalty fine for driving their kids to a relative thanks to Cumming's actions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted May 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 26, 2020 https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/full-list-of-mps-who-voted-to-lower-our-food-standards-during-the-covid-pandemic/26/05/ Look what's happened while Dominic Cummings has been dragged through the media. What an odd coincidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 20 minutes ago, Hannibal Scorch said: Matt Hancock showing pure shithousery today by cutting people off without retort or a follow up question if he didn't like the first question. What a twat. Was fucking hilarious when he did it to Peston though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted May 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 26, 2020 It's always a race to the gutter between journalists and politicians, a real game of moral bottom trump's. It's a bit depressing when you think about it. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted May 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 26, 2020 that this story seems to have lost the government the support of the Daily Mail and the Church of England, which is bonkers for the Tories, I think this one's going to snowball even further. I imagine Kier Starmer will be getting praised almost regardless of what he says at PMQs tomorrow, though I fully expect him to harangue Johnson on this one. If the pressure stays on til the end of the week, I can see more resignations coming. If it continues beyond that, we're looking at schools reopening very soon, and I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see the papers start looking for more and more examples of Tory hypocrisy - MPs not sending their kids back to school but imploring the public to send theirs, that sort of thing - to cast doubt on the efficacy of lockdown. For the likes of the Mail to have turned on Boris Johnson makes me think this isn't going anywhere any time soon. I wonder if we'll even see talk of "unelected bureaucrats" turned against him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 8 minutes ago, BomberPat said:  I imagine Kier Starmer will be getting praised almost regardless of what he says at PMQs tomorrow,  Parliament is in recess. There won’t be one for a few weeks, conveniently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted May 26, 2020 Moderators Share Posted May 26, 2020 (edited) https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/lockdown-police-break-up-gathering-18315255?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar  Tory MPs having fucking house parties around here. Delyn's your way isn't it @MrDanger?  Hes one of the MPs who's team Cummings. Quelle Surprise. Edited May 26, 2020 by PowerButchi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted May 26, 2020 Moderators Share Posted May 26, 2020 Actually, I've found out the full facts on that one. It's not what's been reported at all. The Daily Post have been a bit naughty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted May 26, 2020 Moderators Share Posted May 26, 2020 (edited) Robert Roberts. Like when you realise Billy Dee Williams' name is William Williams. Edited May 26, 2020 by Astro Hollywood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted May 26, 2020 Moderators Share Posted May 26, 2020 (edited) Turned out he doesn't live there anymore after leaving his wife as he is gay and is moved to London full time. It wasn't common knowledge.  Well, it is now. Rare I've seen a tory stood up for so much on left wing groups and profiles on Facebook. Still a fucking tory though. Edited May 26, 2020 by PowerButchi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Fucking spineless cunts the lot of them  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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