King Street Cat wrote:
Just out of interest, Cronus. Have you read Cummings' wife's account of the 'ordeal' in the Spectator? This is the sort of thing that I find sinister. It just adds weight to these sorts of people protecting their own interests, without a care for anyone else.
Kinnock and Jenrick were gotcha'd visiting their folks, presumably with shopping/supplies. You could argue that they drove unnecessarily to do so, but it was just tabloid fodder - "Be outraged about this, readership". There was a bit of muck throwing from each side, an apology, and life carried on. Hell, I bet most of us have been dropping shopping off for family.
With Cummings it's just a mess of lies and dishonesty. If he'd have held his hand up and said, "yep, guilty", I don't think there would be anywhere near the fuss there has been.
Check out the Spectator article. Tell me if it tallies up with Dom's story. What was the purpose of this article, other than to deceive?
Sinister? Oh please, get some perspective. Have you seen the footage outside Cummings' home this last week? The screeching mob? The pack of paps? The abuse? The threats? All with a 4 year old in the home? That's what I call sinister, not a magazine article. I have no truck with the article avoiding any mention of Durham. But then I'm sure you find the behaviour of the street mob acceptable - it's Dominic Cummings, after all, eh? He's a Brexiteer, he looks a bit dodgy. It's ok if it's one of the enemy, yes? Have a giggle over it, yes?
You say Kinnock and Jenrick "presumably" visited their parents with shopping supplies. You don't know that. You openly presume that. Their stories proffered that excuse and as it happens I agree it's fair enough to accept them as entirely reasonable. Interestingly though, you accept their stories on blind faith, but not Cummings. I wonder why.
What about Tahir Ali? Neil Ferguson? Catherine Calderwood? Other such as Kyle Walker? What about Wizeb, who has boasted he broke lockdown laws at least a few times for some rancid barmaid. You and the rest remain curiously silent on this despite responding to a post - in fact I've made several posts - calling you all out. Yet a man takes his family into isolation and you're in a rabid hysteria. I wonder why.
Hypocrites. All of you. You, wrencat, pimpernell, willzay, jukesays whoever else - until you condemn all those I've named and everyone else doing as they please including crowds on beaches and in parks, you're nothing more than the worst kind of hypocrites.
Let's play a game. Pretend you're in this situation:
A global pandemic is spreading fast, a new unknown virus.
Your wife becomes ill. Most of your colleagues are ill or absent. Your boss is ill. You're probably infected.
Your child is 4. You begin to think about what would happen if you both and were incapacitated, given the speed with which CV19 can hit.
You're lucky enough to have a family estate with a separate house perfect to isolate in, and with family around to care for your child if necessary.
As it happens I made similar plans back in March for if my wife and I became ill. It would require one of us travelling some distance to my cousin's house to drop my child off with her. Is that unacceptable? Yep, the rules permit exceptions in cases of childcare concerns for precisely reasons such as this - accept it, give over crying, it's pathetic.
If any of you say the better option would be for him to stay in London and potentially end up handing his child over to someone outside the family, you're lying.
However. while the rationale for taking his family to Durham is reasonable - I agree, the trip to Barnard Castle is a stretch of the imagination and he should have held his hands up and apologised. Clearly a trip out. No excuses there. Admit it, say sorry and move on. But unless you're demanding the resignation of everyone caught outdoors at that time, you're a hypocrite. And you aren't, so yes, you're a hypocrite.
Several days on and the media are increasingly furious that their target - who they've always despised - is still defying them. I'm enjoying every moment. Cummings may yet go, but the frustration on the left is wonderful.
Give it up. That was a belting 'up yours' to Preston, who's been asking stupid questions for days. He was a cock at No.10 yesterday and came on today trying to be a right smart-arse. It was brilliant. Hancock may as well have said, "get fecked Preston". His eye contact with the camera makes it even funnier.
