PM Dominic Cummings either resigns or is sacked.

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Granted the rules may have been badly constructed, but they were the rules.

And according to those rules, he was in the clear taking the kids to Durham.

Excursions whilst up there or a second trip, extremely shaky ground.
 
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Let's make one thing clear. I am not defending what he did, merely pointing out the nuances of making someone a scapegoat because of media reporting methods.
Reporting methods?

You mean telling the truth of what goebbels did?

Truth is something he and borisconi avoid like the plague!
 
And according to those rules, he was in the clear taking the kids to Durham.

Excursions whilst up there or a second trip, extremely shaky ground.
On the first bit I don't agree, if he and his wife both had serious symptoms (they didn't)and so they couldn't provide child care (they could), then it would have been worth the risk for the child to be taken care of by someone else. In that case the correct response would not be to go live next to your parents but would have been to seek assistance from social services.
 
His wife wrote an article while in Durham, reporting on "London Lockdown " and the difficulties.
She omitted to say that she wasn't in London at the time.
I don't believe that a Spectator journalist and top government advisor don't have some kind of child care/home help with what are busy lives and are in the top 1% income bracket, so child care could not have been a legitimate issue. Government advice is that the local authority should be contacted if there were child care concerns.
 
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It's all academic now, gone by teatime.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/worl...sky-news-reporter/ar-BB14wr59?ocid=spartanntp

LONDON (Reuters) - Boris Johnson's senior adviser Dominic Cummings, facing mounting calls to resign over a journey he made during the coronavirus lockdown, was seen entering the prime minister's Downing Street residence on Sunday morning, a Sky News reporter said on Twitter.

It is "only a matter of time" before Johnson asks Cummings to quit, ITV's political editor Robert Peston cited a "very senior member of the government" as saying.
 
And according to those rules, he was in the clear taking the kids to Durham.

Oh, do you think so?

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Which bit are you looking at?

1. Staying at home

You should only leave or be away from your home for very limited purposes:


  • shopping for basic necessities, for example food and medicine, which must be as infrequent as possible
  • one form of exercise a day, for example a run, walk, or cycle - alone or with members of your household
  • any medical need, including to donate blood, avoid injury or illness, escape risk of harm, or to provide care or to help a vulnerable person
  • travelling for work purposes, but only where you cannot work from home

Where parents or someone with parental responsibility do not live in the same household, children under 18 can be moved between their parents’ homes to continue existing arrangements for access and contact.


The Government has also identified a number of critical workers whose children can still go to school or their childcare provider. This critical worker definition does not affect whether or not you can travel to work - if you are not a critical worker, you may still travel to work provided you cannot work from home. However, if you, or a member of your household are unwell with symptoms of coronavirus, you should not travel to or attend the workplace.


Critical workers and parents of vulnerable children may leave their home to take children to and from school or their childcare provider.


You can also attend the funeral of a close family member or member of your household (or, of a friend, if no one from their close family or household is attending). Religious ministers or leaders can leave their homes to go to their place of worship.


You may also leave or be outside of your home in order to access other critical public services, such as social services, support provided to victims, services provided by the Department for Work and Pensions, or to fulfil a legal obligation. However, these services should be provided and accessed remotely wherever possible.


House moves should be delayed unless moving is unavoidable.


Further guidance on home moving during the coronavirus outbreak.


These reasons are exceptions and a fuller list is set out in the regulations. Even when doing these activities, you should be minimising time spent away from the home and ensuring that you are two metres apart from anyone outside of your household.


By following this guidance, you are helping to protect yourself, your family, the NHS and your community.
 
It's all academic now, gone by teatime.

Will it make any difference?

Cummings can still advise Johnson privately, I cant see things changing much

the person we really want to see gone is Matthew Elliott he has the most influence, but he is kept out of the media.
 
Will it make any difference?

Cummings can still advise Johnson privately, I cant see things changing much

the person we really want to see gone is Matthew Elliott he has the most influence, but he is kept out of the media.

Good point Notch, they could make him head of the Civil Service, that's not a political role.(y)
 
If, according to his wife, DC was so ill, I fail to understand why medical assistance was not sought. If it was, it was not mentioned in his wife's account.
 
he will probably end up staying, protected by the corruptness within the system. One rule for Westminster another for everyone else. Same old crap.
 
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