The Dominic Cummings file

[MrSki]

 

[Lord Camomile]

Clearly the public were being too sensible and not breaking lockdown fast enough, so like Thanos before them they thought "fuck it, we'll do it ourselves"

 

[Roadkill]

In fact, whilst in normal times this kind of spectacle would be a damaging distraction, this (whilst damaging) is a useful distraction nonetheless.

Tbh I think it's much too damaging to be a worthwhile distraction from their pov. It is early in the election cycle, but 'one law for them...' is still going to have traction with a lot of people four years from now, and the opposition won't be above quietly reminding people of the soon to be even more horrendous death toll either. I can't help thinking that any special advisor who'd created even a tenth as as much of a shit-storm for this or any previous administration would have been booted out sharpish.

 

[ska invita]

#WheresStarmer

Didnt even sign this

Opposition leaders call for Dominic Cummings to quit

Lockdown trip ‘undermined’ public health advice, Lib Dems, SNP, Alliance party, SDLP, Plaid Cymru and Greens tell PM

www.theguardian.com

I dont really care tbh

 

[phillm]

Charlie Brooker's fucked now - what can he write about that's better than this? This is a perpetual Black Mirror episode with no end in sight. Tomorrow is another groundhog day

 

[The39thStep]

A lot of the "Cummings must have dirt on Johnson" hang on the assumption that otherwise Boris would sack him.

Why?

He's got a rock solid majority.

An election is years away.

He's as untouchable as it gets.

He has no need to sack him.

In fact, whilst in normal times this kind of spectacle would be a damaging distraction, this (whilst damaging) is a useful distraction nonetheless.

...and as people start to ignore government regulations, they get the herd immunity strategy they wanted all along.

All good until the last point , the NHS cant cope with a herd immunity strategy and the subsequent rise in intensive care and deaths would lead to more lockdown.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Fact check: Dominic Cummings does not have a sister working for the IT solutions company Idox

Social media users have widely shared incorrect claims that the sister of the British Prime Minister’s special advisor Dominic Cummings is a director in software solutions company Idox.

www.reuters.com

I'll just smugly park this here...

I looked at that and I couldn't make any definitive findings. There is an Alice Cummings in the Durham area but it seems almost certain to be a different one to the one who is a director of innumerable private sector medical companies (different initials for example). I've not seen anything posted anywhere apart from THEY BOTH HAVE THE SAME SURNAME!!! breathlessness to indicate the health service carpetbagger is the sister (or indeed a relative) of the man nappy-wearing wolfbagger.

 

[The39thStep]

sorry if late to the show but the worlds gone barmy , who would have thought Sky news would broadcast this?

 

[two sheds]

sorry if late to the show but the worlds gone barmy , who would have thought Sky news would broadcast this?

I'm disappointed now I've seen that one I thought there was another one.

 

[Ax^]

but sky news are part of the main stream news bias compared to he who must not be named

 

[The39thStep]

I'm disappointed now I've seen that one I thought there was another one.

Humble apologies , been out to a bar , saw it and thought I'd been spiked.

 

[Ax^]

the bar


you bastard

 

[two sheds]

the bar


you bastard

I hadn't noticed that - Like withdrawn

RESIGN

 

[fakeplasticgirl]

 

[tim]

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Except that lots of people, particularly young black poor people here and poor people in South America have their lives either fucked up by the state or taken by rivals as a result of these men making the Production and delivery of the gak they snort Unlawful.

That's the nature of commodity production and supply in Capitalism. The misery caused by oil is as great or greater than that caused by cocaine

 

[Ax^]

As Dom has filled the aides with people like himself how long

before brutus appears


no one on the front bench can accept premoting

someone elses media profile for that long

more so Bojo

 

[A380]

 

[Lord Camomile]

Whilst this is obviously a better direction for things to be going, all does feel a little... well, either 6 months too late or four and half years to early.

<edit: though I do appreciate it serves to demonstrate how damaging this is all being to the Tories.>

 

[frogwoman]

sorry if late to the show but the worlds gone barmy , who would have thought Sky news would broadcast this?

Lol the state of him.

 

[fakeplasticgirl]

Figures on that link I posted slightly wrong so the poster deleted, this is correct:

 

[keybored]

Unavailable, what was it?

 

[fakeplasticgirl]

Unavailable, what was it?

Tory lead shrinking from 15 points to 6 points on latest yougov poll - new link above

 

[keybored]

Tory lead shrinking from 15 points to 6 points on yougov poll - new link above

Oh, meh. I was hoping the rogue Civil Service tweeter was at it again.

 

[Treacle Toes]

#WheresStarmer

Didnt even sign this

Opposition leaders call for Dominic Cummings to quit

Lockdown trip ‘undermined’ public health advice, Lib Dems, SNP, Alliance party, SDLP, Plaid Cymru and Greens tell PM

www.theguardian.com

I dont really care tbh

This seems to be his style though...avoid accusations of SM band wagon jumping and going it alone...He will be 'forensic' stating the fucking obvious again at PMQs tomorrow though

 

[Roadkill]

The Star has done a politics!

 

[fakeplasticgirl]

This seem to be his style though...avoid accusations of SM band wagon jumping and going it alone...He will be 'forensic' stating the fucking obvious again at PMQs tomorrow though

no pmq tomorrow though as parliament in recess

 

[Treacle Toes]

Oh, meh. I was hoping the rogue Civil Service tweeter was at it again.

Did you see the glorious cross stitch version of that tweet?

Behold...




Really captures the simple realism of the moment I think

 

[Marty1]

And where is Labour? Can't even be arsed to add their name to the joint letter from the other opposition parties.

Sure I saw Starmer say something about Cummings - wasn’t particularly memorable tho.

 

[Treacle Toes]

no pmq tomorrow though as parliament in recess

Ah well...another week of Tories running up their gums for him to pick over then.

 

[ska invita]

This seems to be his style though...avoid accusations of SM band wagon jumping and going it alone...He will be 'forensic' stating the fucking obvious again at PMQs tomorrow though

He thinks its


I think its

(timewasting post this)