Baring in mind his kid couldn’t make it back from the castle without needing a piss.
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Baring in mind his kid couldn’t make it back from the castle without needing a piss.
He's not the only one taking the piss.
I think Cummings will survive this, in the sense that he will keep his job.
But I think it's the end of the road for him too. The idea that he was a political savant was always based on uncertain foundations. He was an arsehole, a 'nonconformist' and a man who was tolerated as long as you could believe his own proclamations about how smart he was. The abrasiveness, the outsider status, and the divisiveness were part of a personal brand that only works if people believe you that you're a step ahead.
All of that has been massively exposed over the past few days, he's been exposed as a spoofer who's making it up as he goes along, who's a prick because he's a prick not because he's special and who has no more of the answers than anyone else.
He only works if he's in the shadows avoiding scrutiny, he'll spend the rest of his days in Downing Street as an increasingly isolated joke figure and be ousted for the next rising star bullshit artist when the Tories think it's safe to do so.
But I think it's the end of the road for him too. The idea that he was a political savant was always based on uncertain foundations. He was an arsehole, a 'nonconformist' and a man who was tolerated as long as you could believe his own proclamations about how smart he was. The abrasiveness, the outsider status, and the divisiveness were part of a personal brand that only works if people believe you that you're a step ahead.
All of that has been massively exposed over the past few days, he's been exposed as a spoofer who's making it up as he goes along, who's a prick because he's a prick not because he's special and who has no more of the answers than anyone else.
He only works if he's in the shadows avoiding scrutiny, he'll spend the rest of his days in Downing Street as an increasingly isolated joke figure and be ousted for the next rising star bullshit artist when the Tories think it's safe to do so.
I know its been said before, but all those poor people who didn't have any symptoms at all but still missed the last days of a parent's life because they were following the rules .... a time you can never get back and a memory you'll have for the rest of your life.
So the kid can't last 30 minutes without having to piss, but had no issues from London to Durham??
Why are they trying to make the cnut apologise? Pick apart his bs story which has so many holes.
at least he hasn't lashed out at one of the journalists
Gives a detailed account of his activities for a few weeks, but can't remember how many times he stopped for petrol.
How can he not remember if he stopped. I have the shittest memory going and even I can remember stopping for petrol etc.
They've probably known that for a long time, they just seem to be testing how far they can push it in countries where people assume having a democracy stops this sort of crap.
Jeff Sessions likes this.
Like, rightly or wrongly I might be able to understand why he went to Durham.
But this whole castle visit. Like what the feck? If I wanted to test if I could drive, I would go for a drive and come back home. Not get the family in and go to any particular location. That’s the bit that makes no logical sense and the bit that should really be stamped on.
But this whole castle visit. Like what the feck? If I wanted to test if I could drive, I would go for a drive and come back home. Not get the family in and go to any particular location. That’s the bit that makes no logical sense and the bit that should really be stamped on.
The people who voted Tory at the last election won't give a solitary shit. Negligible impact after 2 days and the next news cycle starts, in my opinion.
Moderate Tory MPs are likely the only ones who matter and it will impact (because they will be ashamed by the new way things are run)
I still can't figure out why he's done this. I can't fathom which bit he thought would get him out of this.
ITV News should have made Piers Morgan their Political Editor for the day. Would have done a better job than Peston.
criticise the post not the poster.
not sure calling me a pleb is in the spirit of this forum, pretty pathetic reply.
Wonder if the parents who had to stay away from their 13 year old's deathbed and funeral fall into what Cummings deems "exceptional circumstances"? Would be nice to get a list from him of who exactly doesn't have to listen to the rules, just so everyone is clear.
Stopped watching not long after he mentioned the testing eyesight part. He's mocking us.
Thats where i am. I can see why he done what he did without agreeing with it.
But the castle thing was bollocks
how is this still going
Put Harvey Spector up next, will pick him apart
Peston and Laura K were a complete waste of time.
What a terrible post, a pleb must have written this
Does resigning really matter here, they'll just bring him back before next election. Priti Patel had to resign in disgrace not so long ago but she's back now with even more significant role.
They probed a little but neither strike me as details journalists which is ironic with the government they're dealing with.
"So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time..."
I feel this has to be reiterated instantly for people who are out there backing Cummings.
Makes me wonder what other journo's think of these two.
Wonder what the PM will say later on today?
Johnson will be doing his Bruce Forsyth "didn't he do well" impression at the later press conference.
Piers Morgan who was the editor of a newspaper that printed on the front page that British troops were torturing Iraq prisoners, when in fact the pictures were taken inside a TA Centre.
Yeah he knows that he will get away with it. The mouthbreather Boris fans will either;
a) believe him or go into cognitive dissonance trying to defend him
b) love that he is sticking the finger up to the media
If they pay attention at all.
Its the new playbook in the English speaking world...
Why won't they ask him why he put his wife and kids in the car if he was worried about his vision?
Unfortunately, he had to use cash so no checking on bank records.
What an eloquent reply. Thanks.
