Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

I know where it started as I answered it.

There was no argument? The quote inside Micks post had a question mark asking if it was illegal. So I answered it correctly saying it depends were he looked for the licence plate.

I'm not sure how that is an argument nor how it makes me a pedant. Any more remarks like that which are personal then I'll just report you.

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

This is where it could get interesting - ironically one of the best minds for how it plays out in the public is likely Dom himself.

Do the public get annoyed about it? Unsurprisingly, on this forum the usual Brexit divide and Conservative/other divide has largely held up regardless of the evidence presented by both sides, however we’re all fairly entrenched characters. There have been critical articles in the Times, Telegraph and Spectator on top of the usual suspects. A number of Conservative MPs said he should go and rumours of some of the Cabinet miffed at tweeting support one day to look stupid the next.

Maybe some quiet time in the private sector would do him good, or does anyone know of any other elections on the go this year that could benefit from his... insight?

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

I like the sound of Barnard Castle, sounds nice with the bluebells.... :) Think I might take a trip up there. Lockdown's off apparently.

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

This is what I don't understand. How much must he be worth to Boris Johnson for this is be worth it for him?

A lot of the time we overestimate how much people care but this seems like a classic scandal that people have paid attention too. Johnson is risking taking a hit over this.

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

Dom's got the dirt on Boris. 'Sack me if you dare !' ;)

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

More likely his wife has - she worked with Boris for quite a long time when he was at the Spectator.

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Normally, if Boris was evaluating this kind of decision, he would go to his data analyst who would give him the relevant intelligence from a balanced dataset of 2,000 voters.
However, in this situation, the data analyst - Dominic Cummings - is the subject in question. So Boris Johnson is removed from his more voter-focused decision-making mechanism and has to go by his instincts, which is to support the man who got him into power.

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I certainly am.

Pierre, what about you?

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

even the daily fail turning against him

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYz78-3X...jpg&name=small

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

In depth survey on what London thinks of Dominic Cummings' actions.
https://twitter.com/oliverleith/stat...29762770833411

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Thanks for sharing this.

Whilst some loyalists have been slow in understanding that Dominic Cummings broke any rules, the Daily Mail is clear in declaring that Dominic Cummings "flouted PM's own strict lockdown rules".

This front page to me casts doubts on Cummings' position.

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

exactly thats what it about him breaking the rules and government effectively having one rule for the people and one different rule for Cummings

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

I'm not sure anything would surprise us, though any clarification on offspring would be of assistance to the likes of Who's Who. ;)

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The Daily Mail putting paid to this being a lefty, losery, remoanery conspiracy.

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

People underestimate The Daily Mail. They write for their audience and not for the owner. If their read on their audience is that they're angry at the Tories then the Mail will reflect that anger, they're not on some sinister agenda to brainwash them into the political views of Rothermere.

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But it is, partly.

Why the media obsession in Cummings?

Why has someone paid some expense and parked a pickup with large tv screen and parked it outside his house earlier this afternoon?

That is not normal behaviour, it's psychotic, usually attributed to people suffering some kind of derangement syndrome. :rolleyes: