Best dig out your suit Dom.
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We may hear one of the patented 'I'm sorry if anyone's offended, by which I imply that you're all dribbling reactionary morons who dare to question my privilege' apologies.
What a disaster for the Government this has turned out to be. It's easily a candidate for an episode of The Thick Of It.
I see this happening
Guess we’ll find out later today. This could be one of the all-time greatest performances of twattishness
Key task of journalists is to goad him off script, and commit a 'Gotcha' soundbite that will expose him for the liar and cheat that he is.
If journalists play this right, hopefully interview can go down like Andrew's self defence implosion interview with BBC.
Serious stocks of popcorn required.
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I get he's a chief advisor, why is Downing Street allowing to make a statement to defend himself when he's not even an elected MP?
Maybe he'll blame 'Mr Ferguson', like Rafa did.
Pressure since BJ's announcement yesterday has obviously had effect. Probably Boris saying that it's now solely up to him to save his job.How exactly is that going to end well?
Maybe they'll change tact and come out to say they got it wrong, apologise and move on.
Contacted mine too. This government is a disgusting entity.
I know who they are. The kind of stock they come from and the company that they keep.
I fully expected an apology. The fools to rouse and defend, and me to have to suck it up again.
That it’s a full court press of a defence. Prime Minister. His whole army. “We know you’re angry but you’re wrong because we are right”
Tell your MP. It will do scant little good. But it’s the same time cost as a list here.
Fcuk them all.
Even that might not work. There's fury from all quarters over this.
This will be as bad a Price Andrew's interview.
Hope the journalists are on their game.
On a wider note, I have never seen a government go to such lengths for a mere advisor.
The fact that he need to do a PC should tell you he needs to go. Wtf is this? No one elected him.
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It'll be a load of self-righteous indignation, excuses and bare-faced lies.
Tory women want him gone.
He’s more important to Boris than every single member of the cabinet
There's no way it'll be worse than a 'journalist' beginning and ending an interview with a friend of a child rapist (whilst accused of being one himself) by bowing and scraping.
I predict it will go something like Ted's Golden Cleric acceptance speech.
Doubt Boris is the one telling him what to do rather than the other way round.
More likely it'll be with only approved journalists and approved questions, and he'll carry on playing the autism card. Although even then it's really hard to see how that wont backfire. People have let loved ones die without seeing them. THere really is no excuse he can use where the primary reaction wont be anger.
He's asking people to accept that the nearest possible place he could find child care was literally more or less the furthest possible place away he could travel to...and that somehow driving 260 miles whilst carrying an illness so severe you couldn't look after your own children wasn't completely irresponsible in itself
Does anybody know when this is going to happen today?
"He should be under 'Liars' rather than 'Twats'..."A government adviser doing a press conference, i certainly can't remember anything like that happening before.
cummings to make statement and take questions this afternoon ,so no resignation then and use kid for sympathy as if he is the only one with circumstances,try doing it on benefits .
I can see him making a passionate story about him needing to see his family, followed by the public saying they would have done the same.
Alistair Campbell?
I wrote yesterday that given UK is now an unprecedented clusterfcuk covid19 zone, its citizens have the right to be uniquely angry and frustrated by its Government's mishandling of the crisis. Cummings has become the lightening rod for that emotion. Labour and opposition need to capitalise on this and ensure Cummings becomes the most hated man in UK.Doubt Boris is the one telling him what to do rather than the other way round.
More likely it'll be with only approved journalists and approved questions, and he'll carry on playing the autism card. Although even then it's really hard to see how that wont backfire. People have let loved ones die without seeing them. THere really is no excuse he can use where the primary reaction wont be anger.
He's asking people to accept that the nearest possible place he could find child care was literally more or less the furthest possible place away he could travel to...and that somehow driving 260 miles whilst carrying an illness so severe you couldn't look after your own children wasn't completely irresponsible in itself
This interview will make his position even worse. Even if he refuses to resign and somehow survives the next few weeks of harassment and condemnation, I cant see how he can continue as Boris's chief enforcer when so many of his Brexit constituents will always feel hatred for him.
Agreed. It's damage limitation mode now, don't think he can say anything that won't lead to negativity.
'Trouble is, this doesn't seem to be the truth. He'd better be a damn good actor...
Will be interesting watching a psychopath pretend to be contrite.
Twitter bots spread the autism line with there being nothing firm to confirm it is the case. Boris Johnson said there was a medical issue he couldn't discuss yesterday after the rumours started, but seems twitter bots are trying to garner sympathy for Cummings and nip it in the bud.
Thanks but not me mate. Just quoting someone from Twitter.
they didn't
Ah, ok. Glad it's not you, but feel for the other guy.
By-the-by, perhaps, but...
'Ahead of Dominic Cummings’ public statement this afternoon, a number of people are flagging the government’s Code of Conduct for Special Advisers which states they must not take “public part in political controversy”.
Point 14 states:
Special advisers must not take public part in political controversy, through any form of statement whether in speeches or letters to the press, or in books, social media, articles or leaflets.
They must observe discretion and express comment with moderation, avoiding personal attacks, and would not normally speak in public for their Minister or the Department.'
'Ahead of Dominic Cummings’ public statement this afternoon, a number of people are flagging the government’s Code of Conduct for Special Advisers which states they must not take “public part in political controversy”.
Point 14 states:
Special advisers must not take public part in political controversy, through any form of statement whether in speeches or letters to the press, or in books, social media, articles or leaflets.
They must observe discretion and express comment with moderation, avoiding personal attacks, and would not normally speak in public for their Minister or the Department.'
This isn’t news. It’s obvious to anyone that Cummings is the brains behind the PM and Boris is just the electable face.
Place your bets. 10/1 on Cummings resigning, being made a peer during the chaos that Brexit brings and then being selected to head some oversight committee.
That was my first thought but i can't remember any during his time under Blair but I'm probably wrong. He made plenty of media appearances but not on his own behalf. Journalists across twitter seem bemused by it. Thing is they all quite rightly hate him so unless it's a resignation speech then this can't go well.
I'm expecting it'll be a Trump like attack on the media he'll make a non-apology, accuse fake news and say his family are suffering from the media hounding.
He should just go because his job is already done and he'll get reappointed before the next GE like nothing happened anyway. That's how this is supposed to work but he clearly has too much pride to be defeated.