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Hope he ends with “now **** off plebs and crack on with herd immunity”
Peston! Attack!
Perhaps they could get Tom Hardy to read this out on Jackanory
Tom Harwood is more likely to turn up.
He can hardly string two words together
yawn. That went on so long I'm not sure I care anymore.
He’s hardly doing a good job of making the story go away. I feel one of those comedy theatre hooks is about to appear and drag him off...
That went on so long I’m not sure I care anymore.
Job done.
Not Peston then...
If the next obsequious reporter is his actual wife I wouldn't be surprised.
This man is the brains behind this government? God help us.
‘The coverage’ might encourage people to ignore the rules.
I wish my parents had a couple of adjacent properties, so that I could hide away from them when I visit.
Another chance to apologise… never going to happen.
So has he answered the question had he SEEN his parents which I think Peston was getting at-waved over a fence or something similar? Or did I miss it
Again, the ‘anger’ of the public is because of ‘media reporting’.
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I’ve seen some of the media over the last couple of days, and I’m not surprised that a lot of people are very angry.
I hope and think that today, when I’ve actually explained all the circumstances about it, I think people realise this is a very complicated, tricky situation.
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I can’t see that he’s added to put explained anything that was already in the news. He simply doesn’t get the sacrifices people have been making in far more challenging and complicated circumstances than his.
People haven’t been able to see their dying children ffs...
“fake news”!
It was exceptional circumstances and extremely complicated. Give the poor sod a break. *rolleyesemoji*
How long before he loses his rag with the press asking similar questions?
Wow.
Just wow.
Not actually answering any questions. Changing stories.
So many plot holes.
They're spoon feeding him opportunities to say sorry and he's just not able to bring himself to do it.
he's starting to nibble a bit..... go on dig deeper
So this house thats such a bad target he had to leave, he still lives there today... right?
Gary Gibbon is the man!
Completely irresponsible to drive 260 miles in the dark without stopping especially if you think you are beginning to get symptoms of Coronavirus.
there are some circumstances when you don't have to follow the rules......
Never heard so much shit in my life, he's a bigger clown than Boris
Poke him harder, Channel 4 guy.
Who’s this guy?! Spot on!
Poke him harder, other news guy.
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Did you offer to resign
A hit. A very palpable hit.
who is the guy (Grieves?) asking questions, I like him
Bridgen (asshole) was right about one thing, though.
I am surprised.
Jesus wept.
Mind you, that's my excuse for cheeky riding sewn up.
"Sorry, I was only riding to test my eyesight, and it turns out that my eyesight is so affected I must have missed your 'no cycling' signs".
Every cloud has a silver lining.
The other being that if there is more evidence being held back it increases the chances of him taking Johnson down too.
Now, barbecue. And planning a riding trip, I've got a 250 mile radius to play with and my own interpretation of the rules.
No limits.
I am so important!!! Don’t you guys realise?
He genuinely thinks the government cannot function without him!
He thinks he's the Prime Minister.
"No, I did not offer to resign"...
Words fail me.
He does what he wants
He does what he waaaants
He's Dominic Cummings
He does what he wants
A ‘complex situation’… he doesn’t have a simple life like us plebs.
This ‘test my eyesight’ excuse for the day trip isn’t going to wash with anyone (well, some will pretend that it does).
Again, another chance to apologise… never going to happen.
Time and Time again... its the medias fault.
Anna Kournikova?
POKE HIM HARDER!
Well that's reassuring. He was told that he's not a danger to the public.
Evidence works suggest different
'I was doing important stuff'
Working hard for us doing deals and stuff. What a ****ing hero.
He's shit at lying
She just said exactly what I was thinking: why not test your driving for 30mins WHILE DRIVING TOWARDS HOME?!?
He's digging himself a hole, slowly but he is digging.
Is he the only one who can drive in that household?
I was worried I couldn't see so I drove my family to a castle
Wtaf!?
Sod it, was trying to post a pic from "A Few Good Men" but this is STW.
Anna's better at journalism than she was at tennis.
I'm bored of the droning bullshit now.
Going for my dinner instead before The Blonde Bullshitter gives the encore at six.
He went for a quick drive down the road to check his eyesight - a 60 minute round trip?!
Can his wife not drive?
Whatever else happens this will do him damage. It is rare you see a public figure squirm so obviously, people won’t forget.
What's everyone else who's had Covid with a young child done about childcare when they couldn't let anyone else in their house? Looked after them themselves? Let the kid scrabble around the house fending for itself for a week and hope it'll be alright?
Another chance to apologise… love how many journos giving him every opportunity.
He parked and did not get out of the car, apart from a walk to the Riverbank.
What’s everyone else who’s had Covid with a young child done about childcare when they couldn’t let anyone else in their house?
Have you read Cummings and his wife’s previously published accounts of how they dealt with this themselves? Much like that I suspect. And he still maintains that no outside help occurred, and no one else helped look after their child in the house they traveled to, or back in London after they traveled back.
Munrobiker, us plebs have feral children. They can live for weeks killing rats and eating for supermarket bins.
It’s all ridiculous. The elite are in a different world to us.
Did anyone else with symptoms go to a hospital 250 miles from their home? Superspreaders…
Ooh, he's just passed the buck to Boris!
So Boris listened to all this bollocks yesterday and thought ‘fair enough’?
He genuinely thinks the government cannot function without him!
Now to be fair. It’s quite possible it can’t, they’ve really scraped the barrel with the current cabinet.
Channel 4 and the mail did well. The whole story doesn’t wash.
Why has none of them asked, why wasnt it safe for your child in London.
What was wrong with your brother and friends down the road?
Ooo… the ‘all in this together question’… he has no answer to this.
“There’s not much more I can say.”
NHS unveils it latest combined CV19 and sight testing machines
That last statement is pretty damning:
What's the safest thing for me.
What's the safest thing for my child.
What's the possibility of me getting back to work.
Nothing about other people - which the rules are in place to protect.
Surprised that none of the interviewers are giving him more grief for the eyesight test.
Not sure if safe to drive, so drive 30 miles with your wife and child in the car.
Did he have it (Covid) or not ?
I don’t think he can make his mind up
What a typical lying tory ****. If this muppet is important to the country were more ****ed than I can ever imagine.
Lots of woolly deflection BS about his "interpretation" of the guidelines, but the "eye test" is a special piece of nonsense. He's suggesting his eyesight was wonky, he didn't feel great and thought he might be a danger to other people on the road, so he decided to go for a random test drive for an hour.
Oh the irony don't believe every thing you read or SEE on the TV
Surprised that none of the interviewers are giving him more grief for the eyesight test.
Not sure if safe to drive, so drive 30 miles with your wife and child in the car.
According to wikapedia his wife's birthday is the 12th of April, same day he went to Bernard Castle!
Does anyone have access to ancestry.com to see when his mother or fathers birthday is?
Well, that cleared everything up.
I told Mrs D what he said about the eye test and she didn’t believe me. Didn’t think anyone could come up with such a poor excuse...
How do you rate the media interviewing Cummings?
Rating the press out of 5 please.
1. Laura Kuenssberg knew exactly well there are nothing much to ask. (5/5) 👍
2. Robert Peston is struggling with digesting and twisting the details to ask "difficult" questions that sounds meaningful (3/5) ... 🤣
3. Obviously the second reporter is trying a different tactic by giving her own statement rather than asking meaningless questions and trying to link the questions to PM. 3rd grade press standard reporting and not even in the big league (2/5) 😂
4. Gary Gibbon is now using the interrupting tactic, Channel 4 tactics, to dislodge Cummings and by trying to put words in his mouth and by using the typical approach of "telling" the interviewees their views. This is an advance tactic (4/5). 😄
5. The next report ... no, no, no ... this reporter bloke is trying all the approaches trying to sound credible and by presenting his view/statement more than listening or interviewing. You are hitting above your pay grade as a reporter. Poor reporting. You might as well write your own story (1/5). 🙄
6. Ok now the next report ... starting with asking miles between the house. Using the word "stupid" and trying to pick details. Amateur at best in reporting. Journalism degree course has certainly gone down in standard. I blame inflated grade? Why ask the obvious question about "regret"? This should be a failed grade in reporting. (1/5)🙄
7. Nicola the next reporter - Medical advice questions. (they are gang-banging Cummings from all direction now). Asking "closed-ish" questions with no room for probing for more reasons. Shoot herself in her own foot and finally provided her own statement rather than interview then trying to pick the details. Another fail. (1/5) 🙄
8. Matt - started with saying Cummings was not honest ... this reported has started with an assumption and prejudged Cummings, then struggle with asking "closed" questions. Cummings has thrown him some bones to chew on to help him out. (0/5) I am embarrassed for his reporting skills. 😬
9. Kathleen next - Crikey, using a note pad (clue in note pad being amateurish) ... started with statement then followed up with closed question. Reporting standard is definitely poor. Cummings could easily just answered yes or no answer. Also borrowing other reporters question which only indicates lazy preparation. Then final parting question is about voters ... (0/5)😬
10. Open to the floor of reporters - waste of time as they are now repeating and just putting their words into his mouth. More statements than interview. A fail whoever the reporter is. (0/5) 🙄
11. Robert (same Robert) - now started to formulate his own statement and putting his own statement forward more than asking question. Now showing desperation and started to interrupt. 🤣(1/5 <- downgraded his score)
Crikey why gave the reporters chairs to sit on? Too comfortable.
Well done Cummings! He is good and very calm. Right person for Brexit advice. 👍 😀
Chewkw do you do stand up?
so he decided to go for a random test drive for an hour.
To a castle with his wife and kid?
I timely reminder that the broken English mode of posting is just part of a Trolling MO.
Why has none of them asked, why wasnt it safe for your child in London.
Yes, he even appeared to backtrack during the press conference on how ill his wife was. If that's true, neither of them were incapacitated with Covid (or even showing proper symptons?) yet he had to flee London in a hurry because he had no other options.
Suggesting he had to hide out in Co. Durham because he was being threatened is another revealingly crap excuse. None of it really stood up, and the fact that some of the justifications were so obviously invented for the press conference won't help him.