"Severe childcare difficulties" my foot. They had family and aides nearby rather than the other end of the country.
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Johnson has lived his entire life acting as though rules apply only to other people. I can’t say I am surprised by his brazen attitude over Cummings.
Peston wouldn't want to make the soon to be rearranged Spectator garden party awkward by putting his old pal on the spot too much.
Channel 4 bringing it home
no follow up question
It's hard for them wealthy folk to get childcare don't you know.
Wasn’t given the chance.
Boris seems like an empty vessel with all the ambition in the world. No wonder he can't spare a policy advisor like Cummings from his orbit.
Very good questions from the BBC. Dreadful response from Boris, not backing his ‘palpably untrue’ line anymore.
This is an absolute shit show for Boris. The media have the bit between their teeth and I think it’s going to be a while before this blows over.
If he does eventually get the boot they could have saved a lot of damage.
If he does eventually get the boot they could have saved a lot of damage.
Boris is taking a pasting.
Laura has her work cut out to piece this back together before 10pm. Maybe the BBC will just air a press conference from 3 years ago and blame the Jupiter System again.
Boris has gone full Trump on us
I can't help but think of all the things I've given up over the past two months that I wanted to do, how shit my mental health has been, and how lucky I have been compared to some people. And these fecking cnuts have been doing this.
I'm so, so fecking angry.
I'm so, so fecking angry.
Boris has been absolutely dreadful here. Will be fascinating if his poll ratings drop after this. Feels like a ‘moment’.
The fecker is on the ropes, just waiting for someone to land a KO on him now.
He has shown us again that he’s hopeless without his mates cheering in the background.
Watching this press conference and I can’t believe what Boris is saying. It’s surreal. You actually voted this man PM?!?!
This is turning into a comedy at this point.
"if you have symptoms you should self isolate for 14 days, that's what Mr. Cummings and his family did"
Jesus Christ
"if you have symptoms you should self isolate for 14 days, that's what Mr. Cummings and his family did"
Jesus ChristWhy the feck would you bother asking a fecking PPE question at this point?
Some people did.
He‘s cut that seriously short hasn’t he?!
Cummings is going nowhere. This will blow over and be forgotten because we need to get brexit done (tm).
A lot of people did.
Certainly not me.
You’re getting done all right.
It kind of felt like there was producer stood in front of him frantically telling him to wrap it up.
When you see what Trump has gotten away with this is really small potatoes. They don't give a feck.
What are you gonna do about it anyway?
What are you gonna do about it anyway?
Who and how will he be removed?
All depends on how many leavers can get separate their emotional gratification for BrExit and with their rage for flouting lockdown rules.
I think there will be enough for a massive majority to hate Cummings for this.
With no Brexit to unite them, the Tory party will begin to bicker and pull in different directions once Brexit is no longer the focus of all discussions.
Crazy argument from Johnson that. The “fathers instinct” line implies that a) he did break the rules and so undermines his own argument that he didn’t and b) implies all parents who let their kids have a hard time by following the rules are bad parents. Bizarre decision to run with that. Labour must be delighted, this looks like it’ll run til PMQs.
Fecking hypocrites, can't say I'm surprised.
Unfortunately, no PMQs this week.
And whilst the Cummings story dominates, the care home crisis and the tragic death toll just becomes a footnote in the media headlines
The press were woefully unprepared for this briefing. Fairly crap questions, not concise enough.
Peston is a fecking shambles.
Peston is a fecking shambles.
Official Civil Service account:
Pity. Still good for Labour if it keeps running.
Oh boy. This one is going viral.