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That arguement can only be used after this incident came to light, so what were the excuses for those on beaches, parks, and any other meeting places were these people obviously thought the advice given did not apply to them.

 

Im not offering an excuse but my point still stands with regards what people were doing previously to Cumming blunder without doubt he was foolish doing what he did with regards he was very much part of the advice being given at the time, the Cummings situation could only be used as an excuse after the event.

 

Cummings may have many faults but his opinion of our civil service is spot on, A virtually unsackable elite with their own union called the "First division assoc and a system where the best way of getting rid of a useless member in your dept is to promote him somewhere else a system the promotes the most useless to the key positions,

 

https://bantamtalk.com/index.php?threads/cummings-with-poll.3920/page-9#post-358048, this was my reply to one of Steve's posts.

 

Cummings and unsackable, quite ironic really...

 

Quite ironic , 1000s " protesting " outside the USA embassy in London then on to Downing st , this is about the murder in America . No social distancing , putting the lives of Police - Ambulance services etc at risk . More double standards these will be the same arseholes that blame the Government - Clap the NHS etc , when the next wave arrives these same morons will be after blood . Lets see the MSMs reaction and witch hunt of the organisers ,

 

I post exactly what I said with regards Cummings trip to Durham and commented "and even stupider with regards his Barnard Castle story" and highlighted it so you could see I was not defending Cummings as your above post suggests, quote, "Strikes me that some on here, are apologists actually defending him" and you then mention General Election and Brexit not me, unbelievable Rod.

 

Well, unfortunately neither Durham police or the Met feel the same!

Durham have said only the Barnard Castle trip broke the rules. They were aware of the original trip from London at the time and did nothing. The second drive they said if they had stopped him they would have recommended ending the journey and going back to his residence.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/may/28/what-does-durham-polices-statement-dominic-cummings-tell-us

 

He isn't going anywhere Boris has backed Cummings we have far more important things to worry about, the main one IMO being if there is any negative reaction from the easing of lockdown, let's hope that's not the case.

 

Not at the time that Farage started being given regular slots on Question Time. It was definitely a fringe issue then. Obviously it wasn't by the time of the referendum.
Anyway, we've moved away from the point of my post, which was that those on the right of politics believe that the BBC is full of lefties. Those on the left have been complaining about right wing bias at the BBC for decades. They can't win.

 

You should be a politician.

 

I think you are getting mixed up. There's no doubt that Cummings went to Barnard Castle. He's admitted it. It's the report that he went a second time that now appears to have been exposed as false.
There are now reports emerging from several witnesses that he was seen walking in the town centre on his wife's birthday, which he said he hadn't. Unlikely that they are all lying.

 

Unless like the arsehole who admitted they did it for a laugh , suprising how many people " suddenly " spotted him , bet most of these had very little idea of what he looked like prior to the " outrage " . however it's dressed up it's all bollox , the " disgusted " labour MP who was outraged at cummings resigned her front bench position because basically she was being 2 faced and broke lockdown rules to visit her married shag partner , the original " outraged " member of the public drove 500 miles to pick his daughter up from her boyfriends home , more example of double standards .

 

Yes, some people break the rules and some people exhibit double standards. And that happens amongst the public and some politicians of all political persuasions. No one is trying to say that those things don't matter.

The bit that you seem either unable, or unwilling, to grasp is that those at the heart of government, especially those involved in composing the clear and simple rules, have an obligation to stick to them. If they don't it gives the green light to every selfish d!ckhed to chooses to ignore them.
This is explained very clearly and succinctly by Peter Bone, right wing brexiteer Tory MP, one of over 100 Tory MPs now saying Cummings should resign or be sacked.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/31/dominic-cummings-should-resign-peter-bone-conservative-mp

 

You articulated the point better than I could. Bravo

 

Good for you if that's what you think, carry on playing Russian roulette...

 

I haven’t been to the beach but I don’t blame the general public for it either, as stupid as some are. Direct your anger at the government. They are allowing it. The beaches were empty for weeks on end in lockdown