Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

I think it was this wasn’t it



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There has been lots of stuff that hasn’t been communicated clearly, but we are in muddy waters here.

There is nothing black and white in this situation, all guidance issued is with caveats and exceptions for all kinds of reasons.

This the reason the current media feeding frenzy is abhorrent.

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

Ok so let me break it down for you.

I stated -

"Self isolating doesn't mean not having contact with any other household, it means not having contact with anyone. Surely the best bet would be isolating as much as possible from the wife in the same house and hoping that the virus didn't hit him bad, not travelling 250 miles and potentially spreading it in a garage and to the other household. With the position he holds, I'm sure some emergency care could have been arranged if he did get the virus bad."

In reply to -

"They were still self-isolating, in that they didn't have contact with any other household. That is the underlying criteria."

You stated -

"That’s just plain wrong. We’ve been at this over two months now."

You stated the above but didn't quote the full post which explained the context of the self isolating issue.

To help you with the above. I stated -

"Surely the best bet would be isolating as much as possible from the wife in the same house"

Which answers the quote which you missed the important bit out and just put this.

"Self isolating doesn't mean not having contact with any other household, it means not having contact with anyone."

I then stated -

"Whats wrong about it?"

You stated -

"Self isolation within a family Unit is perfectly correct."

Which is what I stated originally if you had bothered to either read or quote correctly.

I stated -

"In the context it was written it was quite clear what was written."

Which I've explained above.

You then stated -

"What was written."

I could go on but I'm sure you understand anyway. You clearly knew you were in the wrong so just started acting funny for the sake of it.

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

Spot on. Ministers have been caught out once already as they've tweeted in support of Cummings only to subsequently find out there were more apparent transgressions which they were not briefed on. They're not going to make the same mistake again.
I can see Guardian and Mirror journalists collecting a few press awards and doubtless the rest of the media will be looking for additional angles. The Sunday political shows wil be working overtime on it!

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I'm an admirer of Cummings but unlike some, I acknowledge he is a flawed genius.
Were the laws that the Conservative Party enacted not sufficiently clear for you as well as Cummings?
Let's not forget, Boris Johnson was sacked by Michael Howard in 2004 after issuing denials to newspaper stories which were undermined by later revelations.
On a lighter note: https://twitter.com/Kevin_Maguire/st...863616/photo/1

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

Not for key workers*, they haven’t...

(and Cummings counts as a key worker).

*a family friend runs 10 nurseries, and she is open for children of key workers

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

I’m not reading all that.

God you can make a boring subject even more unbearable.

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-52786206
The latest.

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

*cough* Being the pedantic non-believer of most media outpourings that I am, I'm wondering if they had the symptoms anyway.

Were he and his wife tested, or did they just 'announce' that they had the symptoms?

Not for one minute suggesting that it was just an excuse for a family jolly to get away from the hotspot that was London . . .

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

No he doesn’t.

Just an advisor, and not medical or scientific, I wouldn’t count him as “essential”

Know her do you? Intimate with the Cummings friends are you?

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

Also known as, I can't admit to being wrong so will just be ignorant and try to be funny.

Next time you want to chip in on a debate, please make sure you read and quote properly.

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

No, it was just boring, and I don’t have to try to be funny.

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

You don't protect a child by locking them in a small confined space with two people who had the virus, for several hours. (which you avoid acknowledging)

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

Good Grief, what a lot of excitement of nothing ....

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

No, you don’t.

You ensure you have a network around you that are there to look after the child if you become incapacitated. You also ensure that there is a network around you that can deliver food and other essentials (as you cannot leave the house) soeven if you are ill you can still feed the child and wipe it’s backside.

And if the network to give you peace of mind is 250 miles away, so be it. I’d do it.

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

It's only boring because you can't read and quote properly. If you don't want to participate in a conversation then don't start one.