The Dominic Cummings file

[frogwoman]

Can you ask her why she's not angry about the whole domgate saga? She fucking should be.

 

[rekil]

During a whinge with Embery about people outside Cummings's house, Galloway claimed that "even the mafia didn’t attack people at home". Oh yes they did.

 

[teuchter]

Can you ask her why she's not angry about the whole domgate saga? She fucking should be.

She'll never have anticipated this reaction! Definitely the more people who tweet back the better!

 

[chalkhorse]

Can someone remind me why the news of the desperate drive to Durham didn't arise until Friday, and why it arose then? ISTR The Guardian and others were asking about the reported Durham sightings repeatedly for weeks without getting any answer - so what happened? The earliest accounts I could find were the Guardian 'exclusive' on 22 May and the Mirror 'exclusive' on the same day as a result of a joint investigation, but it's not clear what triggered them to act at that particular point. Was it simply competitive journalism because others were on the verge of picking up the story? Once they'd started asking politicians for reactions it would be impossible to keep under wraps. But how had Downing St managed to keep a lid on things for so long?

 

[DexterTCN]

 

[keybored]

She'll never have anticipated this reaction! Definitely the more people who tweet back the better!

She's more subtle than you though.

 

[phillm]

"I didnt vote to be free from the yolk of the EU and fight off the argies just so this snake in the grass could undermine our great britain from within"

Seriously that's it - done the job. I have a close mate who has worked for an MP - backbenchers will read all their postbag and a short and simple one will be more effective than acres of diatribe. Maybe add

Dear Colonel Stewart

I have never before been moved to write to my MP but as a proud ex-serviceman, Royal Marines (retired) of 25 years service for Queen and Country I feel I have simply no alternative. I most certainly didn't vote to be free from the shackles of the EU and fight off the argies just so this loathsome, above the law, snake in the grass individual could undermine our most Great Britain from within.

Is this what Sir Captain Tom did his long walk to defend? I think not, I hope you can pass on my disgust in the strongest possible terms to the Prime Minister. I have to say in all other respects and to my knowledge, you have been a most excellent constituency MP please accept my thanks and keep safe during this terrible pandemic.

yours furiously

 

[NoXion]

The thing I find most delightful about this is how having presented themselves as some kind of anti-elite crusaders for the past number of years, all this is coming back in their faces now that they’ve demonstrated they think they are above us all and outside of the rules. All that hatred of the elite they stirred up is now steered right back at them.

The fucking idiots have been playing with fire for a long time. Did they genuinely think that they would never feel the heat? The absolute hubris of these people is astounding. Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.

 

[Dogsauce]

All these ministers following the party line and making themselves look like fools must privately be really fucking furious about this happening, how one man’s stupidity and arrogance is threatening the whole ‘project’. They could have disarmed this considerably if Cummings had just said he was sorry and that on reflection this might not have been the right thing to do, I was just thinking of my son, I was very careful and put nobody in danger etc. A small bit of contrition would have kept more of the public on his side, it’d have passed by now. Instead it’s now a problem for all of them, Johnson and Gove now pissing away credibility. What the fuck are they doing?

 

[killer b]

Classic crossover here.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Classic crossover here.

Punk AF.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Anti-porn filters stop Dominic Cummings trending on Twitter

Name of PM’s aide is blocked, which has led to variety of misspelt hashtags

www.theguardian.com

This sort of accidental filtering has gained a name in computer science: the Scunthorpe problem, so-called because of the Lincolnshire town’s regular issues with such censorship.

Bizarrely, the shortened hashtag #cumgate has also trended, since the first word of the sentence is not included in Twitter’s filter list, apparently in an attempt to avoid the Scunthorpe problem applying too broadly – for instance, by blocking words such as “scum”, “cumbersome” or “cumulative”.

 

[phillm]

All these ministers following the party line and making themselves look like fools must privately be really fucking furious about this happening, how one man’s stupidity and arrogance is threatening the whole ‘project’. They could have disarmed this considerably if Cummings had just said he was sorry and that on reflection this might not have been the right thing to do, I was just thinking of my son, I was very careful and put nobody in danger etc. A small bit of contrition would have kept more of the public on his side, it’d have passed by now. Instead it’s now a problem for all of them, Johnson and Gove now pissing away credibility. What the fuck are they doing?

What he normally does shitting incompetently over everybody and everything whilst talking utter shit.

 

[Roadkill]

This could be interesting: a lawyer dissects Cummings' carefully lawyered statement. I've not listened all through yet, but the word 'damning' is being used on legal twitter...

 

[weltweit]

All these ministers following the party line and making themselves look like fools must privately be really fucking furious about this happening, how one man’s stupidity and arrogance is threatening the whole ‘project’. They could have disarmed this considerably if Cummings had just said he was sorry and that on reflection this might not have been the right thing to do, I was just thinking of my son, I was very careful and put nobody in danger etc. A small bit of contrition would have kept more of the public on his side, it’d have passed by now. Instead it’s now a problem for all of them, Johnson and Gove now pissing away credibility. What the fuck are they doing?

A small apology does go a long way, Johnson knows this and does it frequently, Cummings doesn't seem to have got the memo.

 

[phillm]

A small apology does go a long way, Johnson knows this and does it frequently, Cummings doesn't seem to have got the memo.

He did but told Johnson to fuck right off.

 

[equationgirl]

Classic crossover here.

Much as I am not a fan of Brewdog, I like their response. Brightened my day momentary.

 

[Roadkill]

This could be interesting: a lawyer dissects Cummings' carefully lawyered statement. I've not listened all through yet, but the word 'damning' is being used on legal twitter...

Oh bloody hell, this is like a prosecution barrister cross examining someone who's obviously as guilty as hell.

 

[Mogden]

Let's post a feel good tweet to gee up the nation and make them feel solidarity about the poverty and hardship we're all facing.

 

[existentialist]

Let's post a feel good tweet to gee up the nation and make them feel solidarity about the poverty and hardship we're all facing.

Jesus fucking Christ, are they COMPLETELY tone-deaf?

 

[Mogden]

Jesus fucking Christ, are they COMPLETELY tone-deaf?

Something something chicken. Something something furiously hot

 

[phillm]

Oh bloody hell, this is like a prosecution barrister cross examining someone who's obviously as guilty as hell.

Guilty as fuck , mlud..

 

[maomao]

Jesus fucking Christ, are they COMPLETELY tone-deaf?

To be fair my work whatsapp group is very impressed by this.

 

[8ball]

Jesus fucking Christ, are they COMPLETELY tone-deaf?

Have a cheeky Nando's and forget all about it, fella.

 

[Mogden]

I do wonder how many Tory voters are waking up to the realisation of this abusive and gaslighting relationship we're stuck in. The duper's delight from Cummings the other afternoon was good enough for a Silence of the Lambs remake, Gove is psychopathically swerving awkward questions and Boris can't say two words without getting tangled up in his own tongue. If we were watching a friend receiving this sort of behaviour from a partner then we'd be helping them pack their bags and find an anonymous place to stay.

 

[editor]

Lovely stuff

The Wayback Machine shows that Cummings added two paragraphs about Ebola and SARS to a post on his blog between April 9 and May 3.

However, another open source intelligence (OSINT) tool – and a tantalising trail of digital breadcrumbs – narrows down the data even further. XML data, generated when a page is changed, indicates that the change was made on 14 April, the day Cummings returned to London from Durham. Presented with the evidence, Downing Street sources have been forced to partially backtrack on Cummings’ claims about the blog posts, saying that, while the post did not directly mention coronaviruses, it linked to an article that did.

The blogpost tampering is doubly embarrassing for Cummings, who has a profound admiration for so-called “superforecasters”, people who have an exceptional knack for predicting upcoming events and trends. It’s less “forecasting” when you actually change your predictions after the even

Cummings tried to rewrite history. The internet had other ideas

On the internet, everyone can see you lie

www.wired.co.uk

 

[Teaboy]

Let's post a feel good tweet to gee up the nation and make them feel solidarity about the poverty and hardship we're all facing.

Its good but nowhere near as good as the housing minister (jenrick? I can't be bothered to check) using the daily corona virus briefing to promote Wimpy homes amazing offer of 5% off new homes for key workers. That's right an amazing 5%! Now other to Chris Whittey to tell us how many hundreds needlessly died yesterday.

 

[Mogden]

Lovely stuff

Cummings tried to rewrite history. The internet had other ideas

On the internet, everyone can see you lie

www.wired.co.uk

I can't decide if he's sociopathic or psychopathic but whichever path it is, it's a fucking dangerous one. I wouldn't like to be around when that pot explodes.

 

[8ball]

Oh bloody hell, this is like a prosecution barrister cross examining someone who's obviously as guilty as hell.

I found it more of a damning indictment of the fetid pile of shit that we call the law, and a profession that is paid by the minute for their priestly insights.

 

[Roadkill]

I found it more of a damning indictment of the fetid pile of shit that we call the law, and a profession that is paid by the minute for their priestly insights.

That's as may be, but the law and its practitioners are a fact. Cummings used them to try and protect himself. It does seem, though, that there's a limit to how much glitter even the best lawyer (and I would love to know whether whoever constructed his statement was privately hired or paid for by the state) can sprinkle on a turd...