The Dominic Cummings file

[MickiQ]

It's a sign of how desperate things have become that I have a nano-second of pleasure every time I hear phrases like 'Piers Morgan takes minister to task/calls on on boris johnson to/eviscerates minister' etc. A very desperate place.

But yeah, I agree, they'll be delighted to avoid that cunt on cunt action.

Strange Days we live in Wilf, Strange Days indeed.

 

[Petcha]

It's a sign of how desperate things have become that I have a nano-second of pleasure every time I hear phrases like 'Piers Morgan takes minister to task/calls on on boris johnson to/eviscerates minister' etc. A very desperate place.

But yeah, I agree, they'll be delighted to avoid that cunt on cunt action.

They've not let a cabinet minister anywhere near Morgan for nearly a month now anyway so it's a moot point. It's a shame he's such a fucking bulldozer because he is actually a good interviewer when he sets his mind to it without interrupting all the time, a la his life stories series.

 

[cyril_smear]

The gift that keeps on....

Either to question him about the violations or because some threats have been made.

 

[Petcha]

 

[ska invita]

It's Peston, so it might be kite-flying to test the reaction, but on the other hand...

If that's the case its a big fuck up by Labour. Starmer has forgotten that he's not here to make money for lawyers

 

[Wilf]

They've not let a cabinet minister anywhere near Morgan for nearly a month now anyway so it's a moot point. It's a shame he's such a fucking bulldozer because he is actually a good interviewer when he sets his mind to it without interrupting all the time, a la his life stories series.

Yeah, it rarely works well, I prefer a bit of forensic outrage to interrupting. One of the few times it did work was O'brien on farage, but few and far between

 

[cupid_stunt]

Blimey, Johnson is going to lead the press briefing at 5 pm.

* Just reported on the BBC News Channel.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Is he? Source?

ETA never mind, it's all over now

Wow, can't wait for this

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Blimey, Johnson is going to lead the press briefing at 5 pm.

* Just reported on the BBC News Channel.

Yeah just heard that on BBC radio news. Is he going to try to defend him do you think?

 

[Part-timah]

Is he? Source?

ETA never mind, it's all over now

Wow, can't wait for this

Torygraph too

 

[cupid_stunt]

Yeah just heard that on BBC radio news. Is he going to try to defend him do you think?

Fuck knows, but he should be explaining why Cummings has gone, but somehow I doubt it.

 

[Doctor Carrot]

I just keep seeing it when I see Cummings in those sunglasses.

 

[Roadkill]

If that's the case its a big fuck up by Labour. Starmer has forgotten that he's not here to make money for lawyers

Perhaps. Alternatively, Labour's thinking may be that the longer they drag this out the more damage it will do. At the end of it the Cabinet Secretary either has to exonerate Cummings, which would look like a stitch-up, or Johnson will have to sack him anyway and he'll look like a clown* for having tried to hang on to him. Could be quite a smart move.

*As if he doesn't already.

 

[D'wards]

Yeah just heard that on BBC radio news. Is he going to try to defend him do you think?

I have a feeling he, and the rest of the government now, will ignore this story now and carry on regardless. He won't go.

 

[Part-timah]

What Johnson will we see today? The serious statesman schtick? The classic mumbling buffoon distraction?

 

[Steel Icarus]

What Johnson will we see today? The serious statesman schtick? The classic mumbling buffoon distraction?

I think there's a good chance he'll lose his temper.

 

[Part-timah]

Do we know what hacks are assigned for the questions at the end? If there will be any.

 

[bimble]

Place your bets does the invisible pm actually appearing on tv mean he’s sacked or does it mean the opposite? I’m thinking more likely he’ll stand there and try to charm and bluster it under the carpet because he needs him and thinks that might be enough to keep his fans onside. Very not sure though.

 

[Roadkill]

What Johnson will we see today? The serious statesman schtick? The classic mumbling buffoon distraction?

If I had to take a bet, I'd go for it being the buffoon distraction announcing some way of trying to kick the issue into the long grass. Cabinet Secretary investigation obviously one way of doing that. But I wouldn't put more than a few quid on it.

 

[cyril_smear]

I just keep seeing it when I see Cummings in those sunglasses.

 

[spitfire]

I've just started following this account on twatter, may be bollocks but we shall soon find out.

 

[Part-timah]

Time to get the beers and settle in

 

[cyril_smear]

Place your bets does the invisible pm actually appearing on tv mean he’s sacked or does it mean the opposite? I’m thinking more likely he’ll stand there and try to charm and bluster it under the carpet because he needs him and thinks that might be enough to keep his fans onside. Very not sure though.

not sacked, and his advisers have advised him to avoid looking like a yellow belly custard he needs to go and explain the reasoning himself.

 

[editor]

 

[D'wards]

Remember all the furore when Boris published the letterbox article? There were loads of calls for him to go or be sacked by the same quarters who are calling for Cummings head.
He just kept his head down and carried on regardless.

Remember the Tories only need to please tory voters, not Guardian and Mirror journalists and readers

 

[cyril_smear]

you're a bit late.

 

[editor]

 

[Raheem]

I've just started following this account on twatter, may be bollocks but we shall soon find out.

It's stating the obvious, innit.

 

[Wilf]

I don't want to make some pompous statement about the declining standards of public life in britain, but if cummings survives, we are edging into trump or berlusconi territory. That's a reasonable instant response clip from Labour, particularly with the inclusion of the 'protect our NHS line'.

 

[maomao]

He will have a one or two sentence coment on the subject. Something like 'he believed he acted i a justifiable manner and the cabinet office are investigating' and refuse to say any more than that on the subject. Which means he'll end up saying it forty or fifty times and look ridiculous. But I predict he will succesfully Trump it out. Anyone raising it in future will be accused of politicising things and not given the time of day.