Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

Are you a daily mail reader ?

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

The regulations state:

You should stay at home as much as possible. The reasons you may leave home include:

for work, where you cannot work from homegoing to shops that are permitted to be open - to get things like food and medicine, to exercise or spend time outdoors, any medical need, including to donate blood, avoid injury or illness, escape risk of harm, or to provide care or to help a vulnerable person.

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

Yes and we all know why you think he is automatically guilty don't we?

He broke no rules because he was safeguarding his son - thus, he did nothing wrong.

It's none of your business who he chose to look after his son. That decision is his and not yours, how dare you decide who should look after his son, mind your own business. You would not tolerate somebody dictating to you what to do with your family, so do not tell others what or how they should manage with theirs when you do not know of their personal circumstances, in particular the childs health.

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Exactly OB - some people need to open their bloody eyes FFS. :mad:

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

But as the family were possibly infected by the virus, different rules apply.
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...d-19-infection

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

Stop repeating conjecture to me I do not believe the crap written in Mirror or the pathetic leftie Guardian.

"I saw a man who looked like Cummings in Durham".

Yeah and I can say I saw Elvis at my local Tesco's last week. Bullshit!

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Not when you need to make a decision to safeguard a vulnerable child !!!

Safeguarding the child became the priority and it overrides those set of rules.

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

The purpose and intent of that is clearly to provide care for or help to another person in their home. That does not fit your scenario. He did not travel 260 miles because assistance was not available in London. He did it because it was his preference and apparently when he and his wife were symptomatic. The government guidance for that scenario was clear - to self isolate in your primary residence for 14 days as a family.

This vulnerable child situation is clutching at the end of a very thin straw. There's hundreds of thousands of vulnerable children out there - none facilitating 260 mile journeys to second homes. It's also broadly irrelevant that situation has been dealt with by the police having spoken to a family member - consistent with the regulations which don't automatically lead to fixed penalties or arrests.

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

The 12th April story witness has been checked out and the story has not been denied.
Let's hope that Cummings has a full and frank answer to this mess.

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If you can provide a link to the rules that says this then QCs, MPs, the CofE, scientists, the press and everyone else will shut up about it
OB has tried but he provided to a link for those without CV-19 symptoms.

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

Didn't I just say to you not to repeat the bullshit and conjecture to me?

What part of this do you not understand Andrew?

It's utter lies by pathetic Activists, they saw him but didn't think to take any pictures... Thus, no actual solid proof, just one word against anothers.

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You are always clutching at straws, who are you to lecture other people on this?

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

We've all got personal circumstances. My frail mother has been in hospital the last week after a fall (not ideal timing), but I was unable to visit. Still can't go round and see now she's thankfully home as I'm sticking to the rules, as most if the country has. A sob story about kids or dead Uncles won't wash.

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

I assume the Daily Mail are also clutching at straws? This isn't a remainer conspiracy although it's a cheap and lazy way to dismiss opposing arguments without substantive reply.

I fully expect Dominic Cummings to apologise in some way, expressing an error of judgement and claim to have been acting in good faith. What then? Will he just be lying? Or will he have actually used a sense of perspective notably absent from some on this thread.

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

Just to point out a lot of Brexiters aren't happy either. This has crossed the divide.

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

Indeed, it's those clutching at straws to defend him exercising a lazy way out. He's committed an error of judgement against the spirit of, and likely the letter of, the law.

I expect him to acknowledge this shortly.

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

Re: Dominic Cummings visited parents during lockdown measures
 

You sticking to the rules, I doubt it, that just doesn't wash with me at all given at times, you struggle to stick to the forums rules. ;)

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It's nothing to do with laziness, it's nothing to do with errors of judgement, he made the right call for his vulnerable son. Thus, no rules broken, despite how many times you erroneously say so.