Rwc13
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Your pointless, un-evidenced and unproven post was regurgitated “news” that the Dominic Cummings/Boris Johnson’s situation has considerably reduced the support for the lockdown. I stand by my comment that posting non-fact evidenced “news” on here is pointless - why do it unless perhaps you don’t have anything original to say? I also stand by my fact based comment that the media’s scrutiny and reporting of it, which incidentally has been found to have been incorrect in some material respects, was actually what has led to any reduction in support for the lockdown, ie if the media hadn’t reported it initially and continued to pursue the matter with a view to securing the demise of Cummings, there would have been little or no public reaction.So my comment was pointless and without merit huh? Is that right!
I am staunch Tory but cannot defend the indefensible. So much has been written about his day trip to Barnard Castle with his partner and child in the car to "test his eyes" that I won't go over old proven ground again. Sufficient to say WITHOUT DOUBT he broke the rules. As the lead advisor to Boris he should have gone.
The only valid argument you could possibly make was whether his breaking of the rules has led to people doing a "dominic cummings" or not.
My take on this is definately........... Doing a "dominic cummings" will be a saying for many years to come.
My comment to you therefore is that your comment is pointless and without merit as for sure I am right and you are wrong!
As for the rights and wrongs of what Cummings did, arguably in breach of the lockdown rules, that’s a separate matter and one for which he has not been fined or prosecuted. But what makes me laugh is that the media have been seen to be breaking the rules of lockdown and social distancing etc throughout the period in question, but that’s ok. F***king hypocrites. And I wonder how many of those still shouting about it are genuinely innocent of such “crimes”.
For me, this is another tragic indictment of the society we now live in. It seems that nobody in the public eye can ever make a mistake - if they do, the media/we won’t stop until they have paid for it in very significant terms, eg losing their job, career, marriage, life. Who raised the bar so high for such people and why? All it potentially means is the some very good people stop doing some very good work for the benefit of many because they show they are human and make mistakes. And yet to be human is to make mistakes, we all do it over and over again in our daily lives. Indeed, I subscribe to the view you learn more from your mistakes than you do from your successes. Again, I believe the media is at the heart of a lot of this - they want their stories - but at the same time as many criticise them for it, they also seem happy to jump on the bandwagon when the media uncover a new story that they can use to make somebody look bad or bring them down. Hence, I don’t read the news much and when I do it is with a huge dollop for cynicism about anything they have to say beyond the real facts.