Coronavirus - Overall
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@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Dominic Cummings and goings.
Fucking disgrace.
The action and the non-action.
The whole thing is weird.
First the media report the police spoke to Cummings. Then he and No.10 vehemently deny this . They wouldn't do that unless they were absolutely sure they were right. The media reports that the police spoke to Cummings then disappear....
The usual rent-a-mouths start shouting about arrests, hypocrisy and sackings
Cummings then says he acted legally & responsibly and was putting his child's welfare first. No. 10 and Snr Ministers pile in defending Cummings playing up the child welfare angle
Then up pops a clip from Jenny Harries telling reporters parents who are ill and may not be able to look after a child "created exceptional circumstances where family members could be called upon to help."
Now the media attack has morphed into the standard defensive smoke-screen of "was there a No. 10 cover-up....?"
Either a journalistic cock-up or the media are being played perhaps?
EDIT: The Media coverage is now changed to simply reporting today's events in the Cummings saga.
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@MajorRage I know I shouldn't be surprised but I'm pretty appalled at these fucken dogs with bones about something so inconsequential.
"Oh but I wasn't allowed to do this and that"
So fucking what. I've not been able to go for a swim because I don't have my own pool.
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I take a different view to you guys. They’re playing up the child welfare thing on the premise that they didn’t have sufficient child care cover if they went down with the virus. It’s a very emotional argument, looking after your kid’s welfare. We’d all be all over that, but come on. One of the most powerful men in the country can’t get child care. Really?
Taking the emotion out of it, was the journey itself that bad? Not really. A bit something and nothing. But the fact is he is now perceived to be of the view the rules don’t apply to him. His actions were either stupid or arrogant in times where the Government can well do without either. His actions and the subsequent sweeping under the carpet have made this the issue of the day when there are far more important things.
Fuck him. Twat.
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I don't know whether to laugh or cry after reading your replies.
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@Catogrande but why did he make the trip then, at what benefit? Free beers at the other end? Home cooked meals?
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@MiketheSnow don't pretend you weren't already crying.
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@Bones said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Catogrande but why did he make the trip then, at what benefit? Free beers at the other end? Home cooked meals?
The cynic in me says because he could. The not quite so cynical side of me would say he did it for his own convenience. A bit of peace and quiet with the wider family. I don’t buy his excuse at all, certainly not on a reasonable basis with there not being other options.
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I don’t care enough to even engage in debate. That’s my point.
Has no bearing on anything other than political points. Not relevant.
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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - Overall:
I don’t care enough to even engage in debate. That’s my point.
Has no bearing on anything other than political points. Not relevant.
In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king
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@MiketheSnow not the man who can drive a couple hundred miles to his family?
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The outrage is perfectly understandable when you have advisors ignoring the government's own policy. So why wouldn't people be upset at the gross restrictions forced on them while the scientist who said it could kill half a million ignores the very measures to prevent it?
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@MajorRage That was part of my point earlier, that his actions and the response from No10 have made him the story rather than the bigger issues. Regardless of whether you consider his actions no big deal it was, at best, stupid to risk the all too foreseeable consequences.