The Dominic Cummings file

[MrSki]

 

[Wilf]

what was all the honking noise when the appearance started?

His soul, so fucking embarrassed it was trying to get out of his body.

 

[elbows]

Has there been any follow up on his wife's obviously whole cloth fake Spectator article?

Someone asked about it but my brain was fading out by that point.

 

[teqniq]

Thanks to all for the running commentary. Nicked this from FB:

 

[8115]

I've just watched the replay. It really sounds like he tried to get back to London, and work, when he wasn't fully recovered.

 

[Tankus]

Just catching up . Does it get any better than this? This is excellent.

He should have asked Chris Huhne to give him a lift, I'm told he has some experience in such matters .

 

[elbows]

Hahahahahahaaaaaaa

Would 'leave Dominic alone!' be too old and obscure a reference by now?

 

[Steel Icarus]

Can anyone find in the legislation the words about child and discretion?

No

 

[harpo]

Someone asked about it but my brain was fading out by that point.

Wanted to keep the location in Durham secret due to the severe security threats on his house in London, apparently.

 

[brogdale]

Cummings should have gone to Spadsavers

 

[The39thStep]

Definitely was a Lisa McKenzie who became an academic but thought she was in London.

She's up in the North East now

 

[existentialist]

His soul, so fucking embarrassed it was trying to get out of his body.

I reckon that went to the highest bidder a long time ago...

 

[Steel Icarus]

She's up in the North East now

Yeah, she was introduced as being from the LSE, her first words were to correct this

 

[The39thStep]

Or maybe they popped into Barnard castle for the Ribena.

There is butchers shop there that does very good pork pies

 

[clicker]

My spidey sense says the self isolation dates are probably all wrong. Chuck the info at some autists and they'll find all the holes


This replay is really showing up gaping holes in his testimony. There's bits about sitting on a riverbank and then driving back from Barnard complete with the wee stop? Did I hear that right?

He totally lost me at that bit. The child was in and out of the car, feeling sick, not feeling sick, having a wee, not relaxing by a river bank. Somewhere in the middle of it all I think his wife wished someone a 'Happy Easter', but it was gibberish.
I honestly thought he was going to throw his hands up and do the decent thing about ten minutes before the end, after the big sigh. But no.

 

[cyril_smear]

His soul, so fucking embarrassed it was trying to get out of his body.

can i get a serious answer? lol

It seemed to be really throwing off until it stopped

 

[phillm]

Betfair offering 5/2 he will have gone by June 1st.

 

[Mogden]

He totally lost me at that bit. The child was in and out of the car, feeling sick, not feeling sick, having a wee, not relaxing by a river bank. Somewhere in the middle of it all I think his wife wished someone a 'Happy Easter', but it was gibberish.
I honestly thought he was going to throw his hands up and do the decent thing about ten minutes before the end, after the big sigh. But no.

Yeah if I could be arsed I'd find the holes in it but I've got paint to watch drying

 

[tommers]

No

Jess Phillips tweeted that they were put in to protect children at risk of domestic abuse.

 

[elbows]

Wanted to keep the location in Durham secret due to the severe security threats on his house in London, apparently.

Well that was the 'feel sorry for me' bit of todays fiasco. That and the evil media having it in for him.

I suppose Johnson will now (well, at the 7pm press conference) announce some detail about the next step of leaving lockdown that will be hoping to grab at least some of the front page headlines tomorrow.

 

[cyril_smear]

he's basically done a police interview i.e I'll give comment around the information you have already given to me to suit my agenda.

 

[JimW]

There is butchers shop there that does very good pork pies

Pork pies clearly a bit of a theme round those parts

 

[Roadkill]

Hahahahahahaaaaaaa

Fuck's sake, like the lying little cunt isn't part of 'the media' himself.

 

[elbows]

he's basically done a police interview i.e I'll give comment around the information you have already given to me to suit my agenda.

He did take the opportunity to get some additional detail into the public domain before it emerged elsewhere. The child going to hospital stuff was new to me anyway, but maybe I missed it being discussed elsewhere before todays speech.

 

[cyril_smear]

Am I soppy cunt for feeling concerned about his and his famiky safety?

 

[cyberfairy]

There is butchers shop there that does very good pork pies

A superb bakery there too

 

[cupid_stunt]

So, Johnson's press briefing is late now, I bet they are going over Cummings' performance & trying to work out what questions will be coming his way.

 

[little_legs]

 

[Wilf]

Presume he has some kind of nominal line manager (other than johnson). Did you self certify? For how long? Who did you inform etc.

 

[wayward bob]

Am I soppy cunt for feeling concerned about his and his famiky safety?

you're a mark. don't fall for it.