The Cummings affair

[Riejufixing]

[Tracey Suntan-King]

It's gone beyond being "The Cummings Affair" now.

Its about how Doris and co have managed it. Remember not so long ago, Doris swept to victory with a massive majority gifted by Corbyn & Swinson, not Cummings?

He vowed to get Brexit done and the country breathed (no irony intended) a sigh of relief because Doris was a "breath of fresh air" and we could all sit back and let him get on with things.

Then the pandemic hit and even though he cocked things up badly from the start, failing to lockdown, close borders etc, the public kept faith with him.

Then he caught it and "nearly died" but fought bravely to come back to "lead" us.

Then he had a(nother) ickle babby and everyone went, "Aahh"

So all.of the above meant that despite his known previous failings and misdemenours, the UK had a degree of trust and confidence in him.

Then this started to kick off and he and no 10 denied and lied and obstructed till it all spewed out into the public domain.

At that point there was a window of opportunity to limit the damage.

Cummings should have issued a statement saying "It's true I did it I shouldn't have. I was panicking, not thinking. I know how this looks. I offer my regret and apologies to the PM and the people of UK. I have offered to resign."

Followed by PM saying "I, as I am sure all other right thinking people deplore the actions of Mr Cummings in breaking lockdown. I have listened to his explanation and while it is plain that he acted wrongly, I understand but do not condone, his reasoning. He has offered his resignation which I have decided not to accept for the following reason. Mr Cummings has played a vital role as an advisor and has a wealth of knowledge and experience which I believe are too valuable to be lost to the government at this time. However his position will be kept under review and he assures me that he will adhere to all government guidance from now on."

All of which is total bullshit, but something like that, more contrition,would have neutralised a lot of the anger and baying for blood that's now happening, leaving Doris & co free to concentrate of dealing with the pandemic by killing people and protecting business. Instead they're being wheeled out in turn to protect Cummings and making the situation worse with every appearance.

As it is Doris and his sycophants and Cummings have painted themselves into a corner they can't get out of without appearing to be idiots or liars. They are taking it in turns to justify the unjustifiable.

The UK is losing faith, feel like mugs and are right!y furious at being lied to and taken for fools.
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[chickenstrip]

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[Lord Percy]

[Ste]

My inner skeptic says that as the Cummings eye test row is overshadowing everything else right now, that means it's a convenient time for other bad news to skate under the radar undetected.

So what bad news has been buried?

[chickenstrip]

[Diggs]

The next thing to happen will be a managed social media campaign to make anybody talking about this appear a twat in the eyes of the public.

The real coup for the spin-machine would be to get people to feel so sorry for Cummings that he gets his own special clap on a Thursday night
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[Tracey Suntan-King]

I can't shake off a nagging suspicion that this farago (the handling of it all) has been deliberately orchestrated by Cummings. I just can't work out why.

He's supposed to be a master at reading the public mood and communicating carefully crafted messages to achieve objectives.

How could he/they get this so wrong and keep pouring petrol on the flames of rage everybody is feeling? Is it deliberate?

Is it a plan to get Doris out of the job that he's clearly no good at, not up to and obviously hates?

Is is a plan to demonise the MSM (for harassing a good father for only doing what's right) to set up a fake news agenda and destroy public trust in the media? Stop sniggering at the back

Or a plan to restore Tories as the nasty party we temporarily forgot about when they started spaffing money in every direction when the pandemic took hold?

Yeah, me neither
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[cdlxxvi]

[Lord Percy]

[BTTD]

[Polarbear]

The hypocrisy is rife in everyone.

We all feel we have good reasons to break lockdown so we do it. It's just most of us wouldn't rate a line in the local free rag so don't have to worry about being naughty.

They should have had much more specific rules, no wishy washy you can do this if etc. and then enforced them but hey, it is what it is.
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[Lord Percy]

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[Freddyfruitba...]

It's beyond parody
See: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/dominic-cummings-blog-pandemic

“Last year I wrote about the possible threat of coronaviruses and the urgent need for planning,” he told reporters at a press conference on Monday.

Except that the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine has proved that the only possible source of this writing - Cummings' blog - was edited to include this info after he returned from Durham

And BTW - why has nobody apparently asked the question as to why his wife couldn't have driven the family back to London if need be, rather than having the infamous 'eye-test' drive to Barnard Castle?
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[chickenstrip]

[Diggs]

[Nobby the Bastard]

[chickenstrip]

Oh, I quite agree the handling of the whole thing has been abysmal. But the reason I have little affection for the rage-haters is the way people, and especially the media have reacted. Did you see Little Ms. Meritless on Newsnight last night, and especially her introduction? More of an opinion piece than news reporting. I wish the media would step back from this style a bit. It is very polarising, and not at all helpful. The BBC especially, as a publicly financed institution, should be far more neutral than this. Or at least, should act less indignant, as if it were all a personal insult aimed at them. No wonder people call for the abolition of the licence fee. They're really not doing themselves any favours. The media do not represent the public, and should stop pretending they do.
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[Polarbear]

I don't actually know anyone that really gives too much of a sh1t about what he did except maybe for the 'drive to test my eyesight'

However the media won't drop it unless they get another juicer carcass to chew on.

I'm just fed up with the whole lot of them TBH although I have a feeling someone is approaching my Diane Abbott level of dislike - Laura Kuenssberg, take a bow you sanctimonious whining little bitch.
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[Im-a-Ridah]

[Bloggsy]

Ok Cummings did not follow the rules but neither did a lot of peeps, I really don't give a flying fuck what he did it seem's a bit like a witch hunt.
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[Riejufixing]

[stinkwheel]

[bhinso]

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