Dominic Cummings PM’s top adviser broke lockdown rules TWO times

[arista]

Emily was booked to Present Newsnight
but since she is Front Page
The BBC replaced her for tonight


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[Marsh.]

All this arm waving over a statement of fact from a journalist yet everyone called Dominic Cumming's actions blown out of proportion. :joker:

[Liam-]

It’s ironic that through this whole saga the only one that’s been punished is the woman that’s told the truth

[Greg!]

It’s ironic that through this whole saga the only one that’s been punished is the woman that’s told the truth

:clap1:

[arista]

But that presenter
knows all about Guidelines.
Thats why she is Front page news

[arista]

More than just one Front Page

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3 Papers

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[Beso]

Stupid woman should be sacked

[The Slim Reaper]

If anybody wants to draw any false equivalence between what Dominic did and how activists are now working against him, that's severely misplaced.

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[Samm]

It so funny that two women are being scrutinised most recently Kay Burley and Emily Maitils, when all they’ve done is tell the truth. Dominic Cummings however who broke the rules is still not sacked.

And only now do people have issues with BBC’s impartially when throughout the election they were massively bias? Okay.

[Liam-]

The BBC wouldn’t have done what they’ve done to Emily to say, Andrew O’Neil or Paxman, Andrew regularly starts his segments with monologues exactly like that, if the Tories wanted a right to respond, they should have sent someone along to respond, the BBC folded to government pressure to silence the truth and shame on them

[Liam-]

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And he’s a racist? I for one am shocked

[The Slim Reaper]

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And he’s a racist? I for one am shocked

Eugenics and racism go hand in hand.

[arista]

It so funny that two women are being scrutinised most recently Kay Burley and Emily Maitils, when all they’ve done is tell the truth. Dominic Cummings however who broke the rules is still not sacked.

And only now do people have issues with BBC’s impartially when throughout the election they were massively bias? Okay.


Johnson PM
has told all, he is staying put

You are Mob rule

[Liam-]

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The BBC have clearly nailed their colours to the mast

[arista]

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The BBC have clearly nailed their colours to the mast


Yes Laura
has her own view.

[arista]

they didn't break any guidelines, they just decided that it would be the easiest option to say that ..... thats a FACT

The BBC said she was wrong on her intro.

You as a poster
shock me, that you can not understand her
one sided view intro was breaking BBC guidelines

[Oliver_W]

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The BBC have clearly nailed their colours to the mast

I wonder if there's a difference between a personal tweet and a broadcast program :think:

[MTVN]

I mean its pretty crazy to accuse Laura K of 'defending Cummings' based on that tweet, the level of hate she gets from people is unreal

[Liam-]

I wonder if there's a difference between a personal tweet and a broadcast program :think:

When you work for a supposedly ‘unbiased’ public broadcaster, the ‘impartiality rules’ should apply to all of them in the same aspect, one rule for all as they say, they shouldn’t defend one if they’re gonna punish the other

[Oliver_W]

When you work for a supposedly ‘unbiased’ public broadcaster, the ‘impartiality rules’ should apply to all of them in the same aspect, one rule for all as they say, they shouldn’t defend one if they’re gonna punish the other
While I see your point, we wouldn't be saying that someone who works for Next should be selling clothes on their own time :laugh:

[The Slim Reaper]

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[Liam-]

There’ll be quite a few forced retirements in that station I imagine

[hijaxers]

So 'The Law' say he broke the law . Get him gone.

[The Slim Reaper]

So 'The Law' say he broke the law . Get him gone.

That's one point of view, but let's wait until Arista gives us the OK.

[Denver]

I do find it funny how everyone is up in arms about this but haven't flickered an eyelid over a labour MP takening selfies with random peoppe on beaches

[MTVN]

Worth noting that Durham police will not be taking any further action and that they believe the original trip to Durham was not against the rules

[Liam-]

They found his trip to the castle a breach of the rules, yet Boris and co seem to be saying the police are wrong and are continuing to defend him, it’s ridiculous at this point

[Liam-]

Also people are saying that this brings the position of the AG into question because she made her stance on the case public before the investigation took place and now her stance contradicts the police’s findings, so she in no way can be be impartial in her position

[Kizzy]

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Well done the police here, they were caught between a rock and a hard place though. If they had gone the other way it would've annihilated public confidence in them.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I just read the Telegraph and it says the police (today the good guys:skull:) said me MIGHT have broken a minor rule


Not quite what is posted above. Not more fake news??

[Liam-]

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[Kizzy]

I just read the Telegraph and it says the police (today the good guys:skull:) said me MIGHT have broken a minor rule


Not quite what is posted above. Not more fake news??

What rules this then?...all of a sudden rules are important again.

[arista]

They found his trip to the castle a breach of the rules, yet Boris and co seem to be saying the police are wrong and are continuing to defend him, it’s ridiculous at this point



Its now Closed Case

Move On Liam

[Liam-]

Its now Closed Case

Move On Liam

No

No

[arista]

No

No

Well you a Mob
and you have failed to get rid of him.

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[user104658]

That's one point of view, but let's wait until Arista gives us the OK.

NO

Poxy police know nothing

Prime Minister Boris

Tells them how it is

Cummings STAYS

Because he is top advisor

To Johnson PM

And it's not because

He knows TOO MUCH

and could **** them all sideways

WITH a broken broom handle

if they fire him.

[Marsh.]

you a mob

My new favourite phrase.

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[Crimson Dynamo]

What rules this then?...all of a sudden rules are important again.

Keep up Kizxy I'm replying a post not making a new one

Anyway it's all finished now and Dom won

[Marsh.]

While I see your point, we wouldn't be saying that someone who works for Next should be selling clothes on their own time :laugh:

A twitter account is a public platform, and as a public figure their behaviour on that platform is linked to their job with the BBC.

[user104658]

Keep up Kizxy I'm replying a post not making a new one

Anyway it's all finished now and Dom won

There was never a question of him "losing", but hopefully the whole thing has exposed part of the murky Westminster underbelly to a few people who didn't already know about it. Though I won't hold my breath, the public will have forgotten about it in a few weeks.

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[Liam-]

Turns out Dominic lied (a strange concept I know) the house he drove to Durham to isolate in, doesn’t belong to his parents at all, the name on the deeds is... wait for it.... it’s good I swear... Dominic Cummings, he travelled 260 miles to his second home, which directly and very clearly breaks the rules put in motion by him and his pals.

[Cherie]

Turns out Dominic lied (a strange concept I know) the house he drove to Durham to isolate in, doesn’t belong to his parents at all, the name on the deeds is... wait for it.... it’s good I swear... Dominic Cummings, he travelled 260 miles to his second home, which directly and very clearly breaks the rules put in motion by him and his pals.

oh lol

said all along it was an Easter break planned before lockdown and he was on annual leave, who else goes off without telling their boss they are ill and taking time off?

[hijaxers]

Turns out Dominic lied (a strange concept I know) the house he drove to Durham to isolate in, doesn’t belong to his parents at all, the name on the deeds is... wait for it.... it’s good I swear... Dominic Cummings, he travelled 260 miles to his second home, which directly and very clearly breaks the rules put in motion by him and his pals.

So lie after lie after lie Ssems shyte don't stick to Teflon no matter how much gets thrown.

[Oliver_W]

Turns out Dominic lied (a strange concept I know) the house he drove to Durham to isolate in, doesn’t belong to his parents at all, the name on the deeds is... wait for it.... it’s good I swear... Dominic Cummings, he travelled 260 miles to his second home, which directly and very clearly breaks the rules put in motion by him and his pals.

Maybe they rent it from him? I can't stand the man, but if they live there it'll be referred to as "their" house, like private or housing association renters say it's their house.

[user104658]

Maybe they rent it from him? I can't stand the man, but if they live there it'll be referred to as "their" house, like private or housing association renters say it's their house.They're landed elite Oliver - the claim was that it was their "spare cottage", not that it was their home. They're the sort of folks who would feasibly have a random "spare" house. They're the sort of people who don't have a garden, they have "grounds". I don't think they're renting anything from anyone. They may well not know what the word means :joker:.

[Liam-]

Maybe they rent it from him? I can't stand the man, but if they live there it'll be referred to as "their" house, like private or housing association renters say it's their house.

It doesn’t matter if they rent it, he’s still the registered owner of the properties

[Liam-]

oh lol

said all along it was an Easter break planned before lockdown and he was on annual leave, who else goes off without telling their boss they are ill and taking time off?

Easter break with coincided with two family birthdays, that’s the truth, not the tripe they’ve been peddling

[The Slim Reaper]

I love you, you pay my rent.

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[Oliver_W]

They're landed elite Oliver - the claim was that it was their "spare cottage", not that it was their home. They're the sort of folks who would feasibly have a random "spare" house. They're the sort of people who don't have a garden, they have "grounds". I don't think they're renting anything from anyone. They may well not know what the word means :joker:.
Oh didn't know that, lucky them!

It doesn’t matter if they rent it, he’s still the registered owner of the properties
So he should have said "I went to the house that I own, but my parents live in":laugh:

[Liam-]

So he should have said "I went to the house that I own, but my parents live in":laugh:

No, because he went to an empty property that he owns, unless he did stay with his parents and that was another big lie?

[The Slim Reaper]

His father-in-law

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[user104658]

No, because he went to an empty property that he owns, unless he did stay with his parents and that was another big lie?Personally I think the idea that he travelled 200+ miles and then stayed a stone's throw from his parents without seeing them in person is almost as far fetched as the driving to see if it was OK to drive story.

I'm sure they slept at his cottage and that's where they stay when they visit his parents. And also, they visited his parents.

[Liam-]

His father-in-law

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He also owns a horse called Barack because it’s half black half white, so a charming family

[Liam-]

Personally I think the idea that he travelled 200+ miles and then stayed a stone's throw from his parents without seeing them in person is almost as far fetched as the driving to see if it was OK to drive story.

I'm sure they slept at his cottage and that's where they stay when they visit his parents. And also, they visited his parents.

Oh for sure, the whole story is ludicrous, nothing they’re saying makes any sense whatsoever, they got together for the holidays and he should have just rode it out rather than taking us all for mugs, it just shows us the level of content he has for the little people

[Crimson Dynamo]

Oh for sure, the whole story is ludicrous, nothing they’re saying makes any sense whatsoever, they got together for the holidays and he should have just rode it out rather than taking us all for mugs, it just shows us the level of content he has for the little people

I think until you have a disabled child and you and your partner contract a deadly disease you can't make that call. What you can do is show some respect to those who do/have?

[user104658]

I think until you have a disabled child and you and your partner contract a deadly disease you can't make that call. What you can do is show some respect to those who do/have?I have a disabled child (with significant/acute learning disabilities, when Cumming's son may well have none, it's unverified) and we did a 14 day isolation in March because my wife may well have had it (we don't know, they didn't do tests back then).

The closest family we have who can look after our disabled child is over 200 miles away in the North of England.

We didn't consider jumping in the car and driving there for even a second.

Do I pass the test, LT? Do I get the special pass that allows me to call out Cummings as a disingenuous piece of ****?

[Liam-]

I think until you have a disabled child and you and your partner contract a deadly disease you can't make that call. What you can do is show some respect to those who do/have?

Is there any evidence of him having a disabled child?

[Crimson Dynamo]

I have a disabled child (with significant/acute learning disabilities, when Cumming's son may well have none, it's unverified) and we did a 14 day isolation in March because my wife may well have had it (we don't know, they didn't do tests back then).

The closest family we have who can look after our disabled child is over 200 miles away in the North of England.

We didn't consider jumping in the car and driving there for even a second.

Do I pass the test, LT? Do I get the special pass that allows me to call out Cummings as a disingenuous piece of ****?

One more question

Are you running the country by proxy?

:suspect:

[user104658]

One more question

Are you running the country by proxy?

:suspect:Oh there was a bonus criteria after the fact. Shocker :joker:

[user104658]

"One more question; do you own a blue coat? Oh... Oh you do... BUT does your first name begin with D? No? AHA apples with oranges you don't know anything."

[Marsh.]

So factual evidence of his cock and bull story from his and his wife's own words isn't good enough but some unverified rumour that his son is disabled is?

And somehow his child, if he is disabled, is a convenient excuse for what he did? Erm, no. He's far from the only one with parental responsibilities and far from the only person with disabled dependents. However, he's one of the few who wanted to shirk those responsibilities and put his family at risk for his own selfish Easter break during a pandemic.

Spin it in whatever direction you want, the man is scum.

[Cherie]

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funny he talks about his daughter marrying someone intellectually at her level, and he comes out with a story about driving to check his eyesight' :joker:

[user104658]

So factual evidence of his cock and bull story from his and his wife's own words isn't good enough but some unverified rumour that his son is disabled is?

And somehow his child, if he is disabled, is a convenient excuse for what he did? Erm, no. He's far from the only one with parental responsibilities and far from the only person with disabled dependents. However, he's one of the few who wanted to shirk those responsibilities and put his family at risk for his own selfish Easter break during a pandemic.

Spin it in whatever direction you want, the man is scum.No no you forget - you have to have responsibilities for a disabled dependent AND be the puppetmaster of a sad, scruffy, stumbling Prime Minister. THEN you can consider travelling around for childcare if you get ill.

It makes perfect sense I don't know why people are struggling with the concept.

[Marsh.]

No no you forget - you have to have responsibilities for a disabled dependent AND be the puppetmaster of a sad, scruffy, stumbling Prime Minister. THEN you can consider travelling around for childcare if you get ill.

It makes perfect sense I don't know why people are struggling with the concept.

Omg, I forgot about his other dependent. :joker:

[Tom4784]

He's a tory so it's okay for him to break the rules since tory supporters don't have standards and will only hold the opposing side accountable.

[arista]

He's a tory so it's okay for him to break the rules since tory supporters don't have standards and will only hold the opposing side accountable.


No more of a Maverick

[arista]

At Last Sam
just one Paper for you Lad

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At least 1m people in Britain are estimated to have lost their jobs since March. Dominic Cummings is not one of them. That’s all you need to know about this week in British politics.

Or maybe it’s not. Maybe this week is one of those events that merit meticulous repeat viewing. We have seen Boris Johnson, the man who craved to lead the country, revealing that he can’t do the job without a chaperone. We have seen that chaperone, his chief adviser Mr Cummings, who has insulted the foresight of almost everyone else in politics, grubbily exaggerating his own superiority. Because the most amazing part of the Cummings saga is not his attempt to bankrupt opticians and car insurers with a new system of on-road eye tests. No, it is his attempt to mislead us all about his handling of coronavirus.

At Monday’s press conference, Mr Cummings played the Nostradamus of north London: “Only last year I wrote explicitly about the danger of coronaviruses.” Turns out it was a bit more complicated than that. Instead, last month, on Mr Cummings’ first day back at work after his Durham trip, one of his blogs from March 2019 was edited to add an express reference to coronavirus. History will be kind to Mr Cummings, for he intends to rewrite it.

I don’t like calling politicians liars, because it’s hard to know what’s going on inside their heads. You’re only lying if you say something you know to be untrue. Yet Mr Cummings has a track record in calculated misleading statements, such as, “We send the EU £350m a week” and, “Turkey (population 76m) Is Joining the EU”. I don’t want to call him a liar. But I also can’t say that he isn’t a liar. Because then I would be a liar.

I suppose Mr Cummings sees the truth as a civilian casualty in his offensive against the establishment. A non-exhaustive list of his targets includes: teaching unions, the civil service, anti-Brexit MPs, pro-Brexit MPs, the UK Statistics Authority, the CBI, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, a number of print publications, except the one his wife works for. Perhaps everybody else in Britain has to change so that Mr Cummings can stay the same, but it does seem like changing a lightbulb by screwing the whole world. There may be an easier solution.

Apparently Mr Cummings doesn’t respect any cabinet ministers. Then again, neither can anyone else, after seeing how they spinelessly defended him on national television.

The government now wants us all to move on, so that Mr Cummings doesn’t have to. But it’s not clear where it wants us to move on to. Downing Street’s mantra on the pandemic was once, “We took the right decisions at the right time”. It has since mutated to something more like, “We couldn’t take the right decisions because we were unprepared. Then we kept shaking hands, contracted the virus ourselves and were incapacitated”.

One of the best arguments against Brexit was the opportunity cost: leaving the EU would distract the government from more important tasks. Mr Johnson now admits we hadn’t learnt the lessons of the 2012 and 2015 Mers outbreaks. Who could have foreseen that?

Not Mr Cummings apparently. For all his love of super-forecasting, he couldn’t even predict that after driving 260 miles from London, across the length of the country, he might be recognised. Maybe when he championed blue skies ideas, he just meant the view at Barnard Castle.

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it,” one of his idols, Warren Buffett, once said. Mr Cummings has been in politics for 21 years. “People like me who make the rules should be held accountable for their actions,” he said on Monday.

It bears repeating. At least 1m people in Britain are estimated to have lost their jobs since the start of lockdown, and Mr Cummings is not among them.

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[Oliver_W]

I saw "resigned" on top of Twitter trending, and was like surely not! finally!

But no, it was a Labour MP who was having relationship troubles...

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So many different stories coming out this is why I never take what the press says as fact .:shrug:

[Niamh.]

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[Mitchell]

I want to know more about that tatler article

We’d know all about it if it was Meghan...

[The Slim Reaper]

So many different stories coming out this is why I never take what the press says as fact .:shrug:

That's not really a different story. It's just saying that the guy who spotted him was also breaking lockdown rules. If he did invent story, then he guessed really well, because dom confirmed most of what was reported was true. His only issue was the 2nd journey back to Durham, nothing else is disputed.

Worth pointing out that both he and his wife also invented a story that was published in the spectator, that was just a bunch of made up stuff about how they stayed in London suffering.

[Niamh.]

We’d know all about it if it was Meghan...[emoji23]

[Liam-]

You mean, a royal is suing the press about an article she didn’t like? Whew, I’m sure people will be outraged about this right?

[The Slim Reaper]

So many different stories coming out this is why I never take what the press says as fact .:shrug:

She is the mirror journalist who broke the story.

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[The Slim Reaper]

Part 2. Good to see folks learning the lessons of yesterday

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[Cherie]

Part 2. Good to see folks learning the lessons of yesterday

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Oh well, bet some of them are the same people moaning it not safe to go back to work as well

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[Oliver_W]

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Well, maybe some Remainers and people who are against the Tories are doing nothing more than using this as a stick to beat the party with ... so what? People of all political stripes use what they can. And sometimes ... they have a point.

Demonic Cummings is dry rot that needs to be excised.

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The idea that anyone gives a stuff about Brexit at this point is far-fetched to say the least. I know people had a lot invested in it, and were very much enjoying that celebratory feeling of having achieved it, but those potatoes are now so small that you'd need a microscope to find them. I honestly can't believe he sat there, in June 2020, and with a deadpan straight face repeatedly used the word "remoaners"... honestly. I almost envy it. Imagine living in a world where that stuff is currently at the forefront of your mind.

[user104658]

Demonic Cummings is dry rot that needs to be excised.

The irony really is how many Tory supporters are up in arms to defend him... when the absolute best thing the Conservatives could do (for us and for themselves) is forget Dominic Cummings ever existed.

[Oliver_W]

The irony really is how many Tory supporters are up in arms to defend him... when the absolute best thing the Conservatives could do (for us and for themselves) is forget Dominic Cummings ever existed.
It's really damaging their credibility. BoJo's handling of the coronavirus and response to this shows who he really is. He'd managed to maintain the image of a "good old boy" who'd probably be great fun down the pub for so long, but now he's actually PM the spotlight is showing it all.

The idea that anyone gives a stuff about Brexit at this point is far-fetched to say the least. I know people had a lot invested in it, and were very much enjoying that celebratory feeling of having achieved it, but those potatoes are now so small that you'd need a microscope to find them. I honestly can't believe he sat there, in June 2020, and with a deadpan straight face repeatedly used the word "remoaners"... honestly. I almost envy it. Imagine living in a world where that stuff is currently at the forefront of your mind.
And he was also saying "Cummings Derangement Syndrome", and I forgot that people accusing others of "Trump Derangement Syndrome" was even a thing :joker: What a strange little world that bloke must live in, and people say it's "the left" who live in echo chambers.

[Liam-]

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The cottage he ‘stayed in’ was also built without any planning permission and he doesn’t pay any council tax for it either, he’s an all round crook

[Oliver_W]

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The cottage he ‘stayed in’ was also built without any planning permission and he doesn’t pay any council tax for it either, he’s an all round crook

A farm getting farming subsidies is fine, as long as it's a functioning farm.

Building a cottage without planning permission and not paying council tax? Sheesh, how long can BoJo leave him unpunished?

[user104658]

The cottage he ‘stayed in’ was also built without any planning permission and he doesn’t pay any council tax for it either, he’s an all round crook

They'll have some excuse or other for this, they'll claim it's an outbuilding (like converting your garage into an office, I suppose... or having a large mobile home in your garden) and thus covered by different regulations / not subject to council tax. It won't have an "address" of its own, it will be linked to the electricity / gas supplies of the larger property it's in the grounds of, etc.

All of course just dodgy ways of getting around it clearly being a full purpose-built holiday home.

[hijaxers]

They'll have some excuse or other for this, they'll claim it's an outbuilding (like converting your garage into an office, I suppose... or having a large mobile home in your garden) and thus covered by different regulations / not subject to council tax. It won't have an "address" of its own, it will be linked to the electricity / gas supplies of the larger property it's in the grounds of, etc.

All of course just dodgy ways of getting around it clearly being a full purpose-built holiday home.

He disgusts me !

[Cherie]

They'll have some excuse or other for this, they'll claim it's an outbuilding (like converting your garage into an office, I suppose... or having a large mobile home in your garden) and thus covered by different regulations / not subject to council tax. It won't have an "address" of its own, it will be linked to the electricity / gas supplies of the larger property it's in the grounds of, etc.

All of course just dodgy ways of getting around it clearly being a full purpose-built holiday home.

He actually referenced this in his interview, he said it wasn't really a home just a concrete block :joker:

Plenty of those around here as well at the bottom of peoples gardens

[Oliver_W]

He actually referenced this in his interview, he said it wasn't really a home just a concrete block :joker:

Plenty of those around here as well at the bottom of peoples gardens

To be fair I don't wanna defend him but unless we see the "cottage" it could easily just be a storage thing with a bed shoved in it.

[user104658]

To be fair I don't wanna defend him but unless we see the "cottage" it could easily just be a storage thing with a bed shoved in it.

That would be more far fetched than the eyesight thing though.

"During scary Covid times, for my family's safety, I tought it would be best to move them out of our family home and go and live in a shed."

[Oliver_W]

That would be more far fetched than the eyesight thing though.

"During scary Covid times, for my family's safety, I tought it would be best to move them out of our family home and go and live in a shed."

Well it is a farm, makes sense there'd be stuff like that in the land :shrug:

[user104658]

Well it is a farm, makes sense there'd be stuff like that in the land :shrug:

...the point is, a couple of London millionares packing up themselves and their son to move into a barn is beyond far-fetched. Whether or not it's "pretty", it's a functional home (insulated, heated, running water and facilities) that a family can live in and thus it's a house... not an outbuilding.

[Zizu]

He actually referenced this in his interview, he said it wasn't really a home just a concrete block :joker:



Plenty of those around here as well at the bottom of peoples gardens



True .... many farms have breeze-block out buildings around the land .. or maybe he was suggesting that the house they were living in was partially surrounded by breeze block buildings ?

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[GoldHeart]

At the end of the day if this was a labour MP or Jeremy Corbyn himself, they would of gotten a hell of a lot more abuse and grief .

So I'm glad they're calling out Cummings, but I'm also sick of hearing about him :bored: .

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[Cherie]

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[The Slim Reaper]

Apparently had an ear piece in today at PMQ's so he could be helped answering questions.

The country overwhelmingly voted for this **** :joker:

Edit: I've since seen the pic, and no, he didn't have an ear piece in.

[arista]

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[Zizu]

Interesting.. two high profile people caught breaking the rules and citing the ‘eye test’ as an reason ..

Here’s a snippet

Oakeshott said: “I work on the Isle of Wight all year round. It is where I go to write. I have stayed alert, washed my hands regularly and, as always, enjoyed my time on this paradise isle. Now and again I’ve also tested my eyesight, which seems to be in good order. Along with the rest of the nation, I am delighted at the recent decriminalisation of barbecues.”

Kirsty Brimelow QC, of Doughty Street Chambers, said: “The law at that time prohibited a person leaving or being outside where they were living without reasonable excuse. Amendments on 13 May 2020 did relax the law, including a reasonable excuse as being in a public open space for ‘open-air recreation’ with one member of another household. However, it did not include a private garden.


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[arista]

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[The Slim Reaper]

The tories doing away with oversight, and purging non conformists should be a concern to everyone, but it won't because, well, we're British and that could never happen over here, but this is exactly what wannabe despots and autocrats would do.

[arista]

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[Beso]

If only tibb could.