The Dominic Cummings file

[Lord Camomile]

When is the conference?

In an act of remarkable consistency, the details reported so far are the unhelpfully vague, "later this afternoon".

 

[co-op]

Dominic is going to address the nation....like the PM or the queen would...

Boris Johnson defends Dominc Cummings following aide's press conference

A growing number of Conservative MP's join calls for Cummings to go

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Exactly my thought when I heard this. Wtf, the guy's just a fucking advisor, he is elected by no one and represents no one. Amazing state of this.

 

[rutabowa]

I reckon he will say he has been driven by the press to reveal his sons illness, and then half the country will be like "that is awful the press and the left are discusting" and the other half will be "but that isnt relevant he is still awful" and the argument will last a week on twitter while he skips away unscathed. At least that is the plan.

 

[planetgeli]

He's going to lie.

 

[LDC]

I reckon he will say he has been driven by the press to reveal his sons illness, and then half the country will be like "that is awful the press and the left are discusting" and the other half will be "but that isnt relevant he is still awful" and the argument will last a week on twitter while he skips away unscathed. At least that is the plan.

^ That. Depressing state of things. FFS.

 

[brogdale]

Class War will no doubt be considering a home visit.

Might be a bit of shock for the right-on residents of trendy Islington to find out from their neighbours South of the river that the avenues in which they live are about to be devastated!

 

[Ted Striker]

 

[Poot]

He's going to lie.

Say it ain't so.

 

[steeplejack]

I don't understand why they don't just fire him and then let him continue doing what he's been doing anyway with some vague title and working from home.

What benefit is there to the government to let this burn around them for 72 hours? On and on and on the culture war goes.

 

[Lord Camomile]

I reckon he will say he has been driven by the press to reveal his sons illness, and then half the country will be like "that is awful the press and the left are discusting" and the other half will be "but that isnt relevant he is still awful" and the argument will last a week on twitter while he skips away unscathed. At least that is the plan.

At the risk of assuming your meaning, feel it's important to point out autism isn't an illness.

 

[planetgeli]

I just wish the media would ask simple questions he can't skip out of instead of waffling on.

Did you go to Barnard Castle?

Make them lie, don't give them wriggle room to talk about what they want to talk about.

 

[Lord Camomile]

I don't understand why they don't just fire him and then let him continue doing what he's been doing anyway with some vague title and working from home.

What benefit is there to the government to let this burn around them for 72 hours? On and on and on the culture war goes.

They don't want to show 'weakness'.

 

[phillm]

Armando Giovanni Iannucci has nothing on this domnishambles....

 

[The39thStep]

Because sixty thousand people have died (which is almost certainly going to grow by a huge amount).
I really, genuinely, wanted to give the Tories the benefit of doubt, and hoped that they'd stop playing politics, and actually try to save people - and I'm fucking livid (with myself mostly) that the Tories have spent the entire epidemic being Tories.

But what's the alternative?

With hindsight a better political analysis

 

[LDC]

No questions from anyone. First person on tell him he's a horrible prick. Then all walk out/switch off and leave him there.

 

[rutabowa]

At the risk of assuming your meaning, feel it's important to point out autism isn't an illness.

I dont know that the reveal will be autism, I suspect something else. But take your point, should have put "special circumstances".

 

[Smangus]

I can't see how a statement from him can possibly help ,even if he trots out a "my son has x" line. The damage has been done way too badly now. It will only makes things worse as the least sympathetic person in gvt employ makes a plea for sympathy.

 

[Badgers]

It definitely rhymes, but does anyone know if it means something?

It looks like a Banksy.
Will call him and let you know ASAP.

 

[frogwoman]

After yesterday's I strongly expect him to do a Bolsonaro tbh. 'So what?'

 

[Raheem]

Wonder if anyone apart from him knows what he is going to say.

 

[magneze]

They don't want to show 'weakness'.

Great success with this so far.

 

[Plumdaff]

I reckon he will say he has been driven by the press to reveal his sons illness, and then half the country will be like "that is awful the press and the left are discusting" and the other half will be "but that isnt relevant he is still awful" and the argument will last a week on twitter while he skips away unscathed. At least that is the plan.

I suspect this will be the tactic, but it doesn't fly because there's still no answer for why non-infected members of their family couldn't have come to them.

 

[frogwoman]

I mean he's already at that point.

 

[rutabowa]

I can't see how a statement from him can possibly help ,even if he trots out a "my son has x" line. The damage has been done way too badly now. It will only makes things worse as the least sympathetic person in gvt employ makes a plea for sympathy.

It will work for a lot of people. And it isnt meant to work for a lot of other people

 

[Dogsauce]

I’m hoping for a scooby doo ending myself.

 

[LDC]

I suspect this will be the tactic, but it doesn't fly because there's still no answer for why non-infected members of their family couldn't have come to them.

It won't matter though, some of the criticism will fade away and some of the ire will be redirected to the 'lefty press' for being nasty. It'll get confused and fade away.

 

[The39thStep]

Ladbrokes odds on Cummings speech. Just put a £10 on Stay at Home

 

[Steel Icarus]

I’m hoping for a scooby doo ending myself.

I'm still awaiting the glorious day when Trump tears off his mask to reveal he's Andy Kaufman

 

[Raheem]

Wonder if there'll be questions from the public.

 

[rutabowa]

I suspect this will be the tactic, but it doesn't fly because there's still no answer for why non-infected members of their family couldn't have come to them.

What would "flying" or "not flying" look like exactly tho?