The Dominic Cummings file

[phillm]

The eyesight thing is unusally lame. Looking at the route to the castle, which is in part down the London road, I don't know why he didn't say "We set off for London, intending to go home. Twenty miles into the journey I started to feel a bit odd, so we turned off the A1 and drove to the first place we could sensibly stop, which was just outside Barnard Castle. I sat there for 15 mins or so, got a bit of fresh air, but still didn't feel right, so decided the best thing was to drive back again. The next day, I gave it another go, felt a lot better so carried on to London"

 

[Raheem]

The eyesight thing is unusally lame. Looking at the route to the castle, which is in part down the London road, I don't know why he didn't say "We set off for London, intending to go home. Twenty miles into the journey I started to feel a bit odd, so we turned off the A1 and drove to the first place we could sensibly stop, which was just outside Barnard Castle. I sat there for 15 mins or so, got a bit of fresh air, but still didn't feel right, so decided the best thing was to drive back again. The next day, I gave it another go, felt a lot better so carried on to London"

Suggest this to him and report back about the expression on his face.

 

[phillm]

Suggest this to him and report back about the expression on his face.

One of the big takeaways from this is he's not that clever - talks a lot of high faluting guff thinks he can change the world, and swings a big dick (just like Johnson) but it's just intellectualized bluff. Both pound shop Emperor's have no clothes. He 'won' Brexit that will be his last ever 'win'. His personal life will be hell now as well without the insulation that a PM gets. Good.

 

[Pickman's model]

The eyesight thing is unusally lame. Looking at the route to the castle, which is in part down the London road, I don't know why he didn't say "We set off for London, intending to go home. Twenty miles into the journey I started to feel a bit odd, so we turned off the A1 and drove to the first place we could sensibly stop, which was just outside Barnard Castle. I sat there for 15 mins or so, got a bit of fresh air, but still didn't feel right, so decided the best thing was to drive back again. The next day, I gave it another go, felt a lot better so carried on to London"

Or his wife could have driven

 

[planetgeli]

The eyesight thing is unusally lame. Looking at the route to the castle, which is in part down the London road, I don't know why he didn't say "We set off for London, intending to go home. Twenty miles into the journey I started to feel a bit odd, so we turned off the A1 and drove to the first place we could sensibly stop, which was just outside Barnard Castle. I sat there for 15 mins or so, got a bit of fresh air, but still didn't feel right, so decided the best thing was to drive back again. The next day, I gave it another go, felt a lot better so carried on to London"

Conservative Central Office are on the phone. Something about a job.

 

[bimble]

Just not even bothering anymore is what this looks like, the laziness of it. No I won’t allow an enquiry because I wouldn’t want you to waste your time on this, yes I have seen the evidence that he was telling the truth but handing it over to you would just waste your time by seeing it.

 

[Dogsauce]

This is beginning to feel more like the phone hacking business, where it never really felt that anyone was held to account for criminal acts, or likely to be.

 

[DexterTCN]

Just not even bothering anymore is what this looks like, the laziness of it. No I won’t allow an enquiry because I wouldn’t want you to waste your time on this, yes I have seen the evidence that he was telling the truth but handing it over to you would just waste your time by seeing it.

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Yeah...he shouldn't have answered that...things are getting tighter and tighter.

 

[phillm]

Yeah...he shouldn't have answered that...things are getting tighter and tighter.

Can't the Scots raise an army and stop by Durham on the way for reinforcements? You might find a temporary alliance from some of the English nobles and a fair few peasants joining the revolt. King Harry and Queen Meghan might just allow you own King (or Queen) in return. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

 

[DexterTCN]

Can't the Scots raise an army and stop by Durham on the way for reinforcements? You might find a temporary alliance from some of the English nobles and a fair few peasants joining the revolt. King Harry and Queen Meghan might just allow you own King (or Queen) in return. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

You're on your own mate, sorry. 10 times as many of you, do it yourself

I did actually suggest we should march on York about 6 weeks ago, someplace else, if that's any cheer.

 

[phillm]

You're on your own mate, sorry. 10 times as many of you, do it yourself

I did actually suggest we should march on York about 6 weeks ago, someplace else, if that's any cheer.

English Civil War (The Sequel) then.

 

[Treacle Toes]

 

[teqniq]

Fuck the people in charge at the BBC:

Emily Maitlis replaced for Newsnight episode after Cummings remarks

Katie Razzall stepped in after BBC reprimanded host over ‘breach of impartiality rules’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Badgers]

 

[Wilf]

The eyesight thing is unusally lame. Looking at the route to the castle, which is in part down the London road, I don't know why he didn't say "We set off for London, intending to go home. Twenty miles into the journey I started to feel a bit odd, so we turned off the A1 and drove to the first place we could sensibly stop, which was just outside Barnard Castle. I sat there for 15 mins or so, got a bit of fresh air, but still didn't feel right, so decided the best thing was to drive back again. The next day, I gave it another go, felt a lot better so carried on to London"

... a journey of a thousand 270 miles begins with a single step trip to Barnard Castle to celebrate your wife's birthday?

 

[killer b]

hmm - I enjoyed Maitlis' intro the other night, and I'm glad she did it, but it was clearly in breach of the impartiality rules so it's difficult to imagine them not reprimanding her

 

[cupid_stunt]

hmm - I enjoyed Maitlis' intro the other night, and I'm glad she did it, but it was clearly in breach of the impartiality rules so it's difficult to imagine them not reprimanding her

Totally agree, sadly.

 

[Wilf]

Fuck the people in charge at the BBC:

Emily Maitlis replaced for Newsnight episode after Cummings remarks

Katie Razzall stepped in after BBC reprimanded host over ‘breach of impartiality rules’

www.theguardian.com

An element of misogyny there I'd have thought too. Doubt they'd have binned paxman off for similar.

 

[killer b]

they haven't binned her, they've just replaced her for one night. so far at least.

 

[MrSki]

Fuck the people in charge at the BBC:

Emily Maitlis replaced for Newsnight episode after Cummings remarks

Katie Razzall stepped in after BBC reprimanded host over ‘breach of impartiality rules’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Wilf]

they haven't binned her, they've just replaced her for one night. so far at least.

Yes, I know.

 

[DexterTCN]

An element of misogyny there I'd have thought too. Doubt they'd have binned paxman off for similar.

Oh fuck off...Kuennsberg is a cummings mouthpiece. There's no misogyny here because it isn't currently useful to them.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Oh fuck off...Kuennsberg is a cummings mouthpiece. There's no misogyny here because it isn't currently useful to them.

You are familiar with the concept of the 'handmaiden' ?

Read what he wrote, his comparison was a fair one.

 

[killer b]

The most important bit is that he was talking about Maitlis, not Kuennsberg

 

[belboid]

You are familiar with the concept of the 'handmaiden' ?

Read what he wrote, his comparison was a fair one.

Are you familiar with Dexter? Inability to recognise misogyny is his....everything.

 

[DexterTCN]

 

[killer b]

Are you actually saying that because the BBC defended Kuenssberg for her tweets, and she's a woman, there can't be any misogynist element to their reprimand of Maitlis?

 

[JimW]

Are you actually saying that because the BBC defended Kuenssberg for her tweets, and she's a woman, there can't be any misogynist element to their reprimand of Maitlis?

Of course, just like racism ended in the States when they elected Obama.

 

[DexterTCN]

Are you actually saying that because the BBC defended Kuenssberg for her tweets, and she's a woman, there can't be any misogynist element to their reprimand of Maitlis?

Not anymore than I'm saying Patel is an evil tory because she's a woman, nope. Or cummings is evil because he's a man. It's nothing to do with this.

What I'm saying is that trying to bring misogyny into this narrative can only come from someone who either doesn't understand the concept of what is going on or whose intent is to disrupt the actual narrative, and they should be considered a bad actor either through stupidity or intent

There's loads of them about.

There's only one narrative here and it's the best urban will ever get...a perfect example of one set of people living by a different set of rules, and the whole country ready to get up in arms about it...and it's a huge chance to fucking stamp on them. So fuck any sidetracking, alright?

 

[Orang Utan]

you're the sidetrack, div