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TOPIC: Dominic Cummings
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Re:Dominic Cummings 3 Years, 10 Months ago
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Simply because of the build up of problems, the Cummings saga - and consequences theirof - will soon pale into insignificance.
Due to the simultaneous onslaught of the virus and Brexit - and the hundreds of billions in costs, with the uncertainty generated.
This cost will necessitate huge increases in our National Debt, making interest payments (currently £1+ billion, a week) more difficult.
Our standards of living will lower as a result - as well as our services, trade/economics, employment levels, morale and peace.
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Re:Dominic Cummings 3 Years, 10 Months ago
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Honey wrote:
Boris seems like a good supportive friend to Cummings, but if Cummings cared as much for Boris, or the Conservative party, he would get out quick before they are damaged any further.
Absolutely. Normally I'd think it would be a good thing for Cummings to stay on for this very reason but the country is unfortunately having to rely on a Conservative government taking us through this crisis. But it's probably less Cumming's behaviour that's the problem than Boris Johnson's reaction to it and how that impacts how seriously anyone now takes anything Boris Johnson and other cabinet members now have to say about the lifting of lockdown restrictions... or their reimposition.
Cummings clearly is a law unto himself. His wardrobe is a taster of that. Slouching out of No 10 (as shown in today's news) wearing a sweatshirt and jogging pants with stripes down the side. Nothing wrong with that if you're mooching round the house but he must have one of the most influential jobs in the country and be working with people who are dressed as smartly as the No 10/Westminster surroundings and as their jobs and public expectations demand. Even Larry looks as if he's making more of an effort.
Wasn't it one of the royals (hedda probably knows as he's met and knows everyone! ) who said that they always wore their best to meet the public as the public would do the same to meet them? I think Cumming's super casual gear for a key public service post probably shows the same contempt for public perceptions of him and hence for the public as his disregard for the lockdown rules.
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Re:Dominic Cummings 3 Years, 10 Months ago
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Cummings joins Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew!
In attempting to justify the unjustifiable.
Eventually Bill and Andy failed badly.
As will Dom.
To expect the lockdown suffering public to accept his self authoried special indulgence -
- is too much - particularly when the masses are now more worried than ever, in two generations.
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Re:Dominic Cummings 3 Years, 10 Months ago
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Cummings is a bit like Alistair Campbell, only more so. If you're unelected and unaccountable, and you march around like you're in charge, talking to MPs like they're infants and banning journalists who piss you off, you'll be okay so long as you get results (MPs are so desperate to win elections they'd willingly get their arse kicked every day if that's what it took; hacks won't take on someone when they seem too powerful). But as soon as there's a chink in the armour, these characters will get attacked from inside and outside their own camp with an eagerness that goes way beyond rational thought.
Much as I've always disliked Cummings, I find the cynical shift back into party politics (with this and a few other recent cases) pretty depressing. That can wait a bit longer. Oh yes, and the idiot who rendered half of Cummings' press conference barely audible thanks to that racket, well done, a great triumph of the free speech you no doubt moan about at all other instances. If you think the facts wil hang someone, be quiet and let them do so.
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Re:Dominic Cummings 3 Years, 10 Months ago
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Honey wrote:
Barney wrote:
robbiex wrote:
Every big decision he has made has come with massive collateral damage
Not quite - he coined 'Get Brexit Done'
One of the most successful and effective political slogans
That is why Boris is so grateful - and supportive
It might well be that there was a justifiable reason to break the rules, and I have no objection to Boris treating him kindly, but there was no need to lie about it.
Boris seems like a good supportive friend to Cummings, but if Cummings cared as much for Boris, or the Conservative party, he would get out quick before they are damaged any further.
He didn't break the rules, he worked within the exceptional circumstances part of the rule. I don't think Cummings cares much for the conservative party, that is why he has tried to change it so much. It has done very little for his native North East, it is just a vehicle for his marketing skills. It is 4 years till the next election, this episode will be long forgotten by then, particularly since it doesn't involve an elected mp.
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Re:Dominic Cummings 3 Years, 10 Months ago
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robbiex wrote:
Honey wrote:
Barney wrote:
robbiex wrote:
Every big decision he has made has come with massive collateral damage
Not quite - he coined 'Get Brexit Done'
One of the most successful and effective political slogans
That is why Boris is so grateful - and supportive
It might well be that there was a justifiable reason to break the rules, and I have no objection to Boris treating him kindly, but there was no need to lie about it.
Boris seems like a good supportive friend to Cummings, but if Cummings cared as much for Boris, or the Conservative party, he would get out quick before they are damaged any further.
He didn't break the rules, he worked within the exceptional circumstances part of the rule. I don't think Cummings cares much for the conservative party, that is why he has tried to change it so much. It has done very little for his native North East, it is just a vehicle for his marketing skills. It is 4 years till the next election, this episode will be long forgotten by then, particularly since it doesn't involve an elected mp.
Robbie, just because Ministers keep repeating that he didn't repeatedly break the rules,doesnt make it true.
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