The Dominic Cummings file

[Bahnhof Strasse]

BBC saying that he has to go and this matter is a test of Johnson’s leadership.

And as agricola rightly says, if that freak did have the virus he wouldn’t have been physically able to drive to Durham.

 

[chilango]

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[MrCurry]

He wont go.

Of course not. He doesn’t regard himself as a public figure, however much song and dance the media want to create around him. I’m sure he will not see any reason to hold himself to any kind of ethical standards such as might apply to an elected official.

 

[sleaterkinney]

BBC saying that he has to go and this matter is a test of Johnson’s leadership.

And as agricola rightly says, if that freak did have the virus he wouldn’t have been physically able to drive to Durham.

Why, different people have it at different severity?

 

[agricola]

Why, different people have it at different severity?

including him who was (according to his wife) confined to his bed for ten days

 

[phillm]

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[sleaterkinney]

including him who was (according to his wife) confined to his bed for ten days

And they emerged from quarantine into the London lockdown apparently.

 

[DexterTCN]

It's because Twitter won't let words like 'cumming' trend. Or 'titwank'.

Nope, It should have been trending for the last 12 hours because tweets make trends.

#dominiccummings - Twitter Search

9h ago @omid9 tweeted: "Literally everything around the story is.." - read what others are saying and join the conversation.

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But...he's not.

 

[agricola]

And they emerged from quarantine into the London lockdown apparently.

... and by "lockdown" they no doubt meant "Gateway services"

 

[brogdale]

Missed all this last night; how did 'we' find out about this...did one of his parents inconveniently die?

 

[agricola]

Missed all this last night; how did 'we' find out about this...did one of his parents inconveniently die?

A public spirited neighbour alerted the authorities, then somehow it got to the journalists (though they've apparently been asking where he spent the lockdown for a while).

 

[brogdale]

A public spirited neighbour alerted the authorities, then somehow it got to the journalists (though they've apparently been asking where he spent the lockdown for a while).

Post-coffee now read the Guardian piece...liked this wording:

A member of the public is understood to have seen him and made a complaint to the police.

Maybe we should have been doing that all along!

 

[tommers]

I've seen that fucker again. You need to do something.

 

[killer b]

Nope, It should have been trending for the last 12 hours because tweets make trends.

#dominiccummings - Twitter Search

9h ago @omid9 tweeted: "Literally everything around the story is.." - read what others are saying and join the conversation.

twitter.com

But...he's not.

You think the simple and obvious explanation to this - that 'cumming' is a word Twitter have in their trending words blacklist because it crops up a lot in porn and such like - should be discounted out of hand for an outlandish theory that the government is paying Twitter to suppress a story which is being blanket covered in the media and widely shared on all platforms? It seems a pretty puny attempt at suppression tbh. Not really worth the bother. It's only weirdos like you who pay attention to what's trending on twitter anyway.

 

[mauvais]

#dominicgoings is trending so who cares anyway.

I think he'll have to technically go but he'll be back in some form, unchallenged, in next to no time.

I hope there are some consequences for once in regard to the terrible state of journalism around it. I feel like this episode has brought it to more people's attention than just hyper-political Twitter.

 

[agricola]

You think the simple and obvious explanation to this - that 'cumming' is a word Twitter have in their trending words blacklist because it crops up a lot in porn and such like - should be discounted out of hand for an outlandish theory that the government is paying Twitter to suppress a story which is being blanket covered in the media and widely shared on all platforms? It seems a pretty puny attempt at suppression tbh. Not really worth the bother. It's only weirdos like you who pay attention to what's trending on twitter anyway.

I agree it would be a puny attempt at supression, though I am not sure why it is outlandish to think he'd try to do it

 

[killer b]

I agree it would be a puny attempt at supression, though I am not sure why it is outlandish to think he'd try to do it

Because it would be a lot of effort for almost zero effect.

 

[MrSki]

It is totally out to lunch to take the virus from London & spread it. Could he have some responsabilty for this?

 

[killer b]

It is totally out to lunch to take the virus from London & spread it. Could he have some responsabilty for this?

Dont be ridiculous

 

[agricola]

Because it would be a lot of effort for almost zero effect.

classic dom

 

[agricola]

Dont be ridiculous

that is how the virus got up there though - if not solely by him or his family, then by other people who had it going there and infecting others

 

[killer b]

that is how the virus got up there though - if not solely by him or his family, then by other people who had it going there and infecting others

but as you can see from the graph, it was already there and exponentially growing by the time Cummings arrived.

 

[agricola]

but as you can see from the graph, it was already there and exponentially growing by the time Cummings arrived.

it was, how does that preclude the possibility he / his family infected people whilst up there?

 

[brogdale]

that is how the virus got up there though - if not solely by him or his family, then by other people who had it going there and infecting others

Or local residents travelling away from their locale, becoming infected and returning (asymptomatically) to spread the virus etc. Given that French researchers believe that there's been community transmission from early/mid November 2019, it's not unrealistic to believe that the same may be the case here. In which case, much as Cummings is a loathsome influence on our body politic, it's a bit of a stretch to blame a regional epidemic on his single transgression.

 

[killer b]

it was, how does that preclude the possibility he / his family infected people whilst up there?

It doesnt, but it does preclude his responsibility for an epidemic peak a week after his arrival.

 

[Chilli.s]

There haven't been any high profile lockdown breaking prosecutions have there.

 

[brogdale]

It's enough, surely, that he breached the government's own rules?
Those who presume to shape the law/guidance for the rest of us can expect to be held to the standards they demand of others.
IMO, it's that simple.

 

[frogwoman]

'Protect the economy and if some pensioners die, too bad' even if they're his parents!

 

[killer b]

It's enough, surely, that he breached the government's own rules?
Those who presume to shape the law/guidance for the rest of us can expect to be held to the standards they demand of others.
IMO, it's that simple.

This is absolutely the case, and inserting wild conspiracies into the story just obscures it.

 

[ska invita]

It's enough, surely, that he breached the government's own rules?
Those who presume to shape the law/guidance for the rest of us can expect to be held to the standards they demand of others.
IMO, it's that simple.

Well, even that usually isn't enough to do for one of them, but when you've got cabinet literally telling the country to do this every day of the week as a life and death issue I think the stakes get sufficiently high