The UK response to Covid-19 [MOD WARNING 1ST POST]

devnull

robinph wrote: »

Since when has a day trip been counted as a way of testing your eyesight?

So let me get this right.

They're ill so they need help with their child, but still fit enough to drive 260 miles without a break, which would mean driving around 4 hours without a break which itself is not really advised. Generally you're supposed to break every 4 hours.

This was based on the fact both of them could get ill, but neither of them had coronavirus symptoms, but because they might then this was an excuse to do this drive.

He also decide, despite acknowledging he had vision issues, to drive his car for half an hour each way to test his eyesight on a public road.

Should someone with these kind of issues be driving at all?

threeball

He can remember every stop by a river and who he saw when out for a walk but can't remember if he stopped for petrol.

Call me Al

Oh this is not going well..

Igotadose

"How can you not feel apologetic towards them for undermining the rules you helped to create?"
"I feel sympathy but.... all I can do is repeat that my wife couldn't look after our child, I was surrounded by people with it or testing positive with it, I was ill the next day,..." but I won't apologize for my behavior.

robinph

DVLA need to revoke his licence.

Driving non stop to Durham. Driving for 30 minutes to test his eyesight.

Wife suddenly struck down with illness and highly likely the same will soon happen to him, yet hours of motorway driving was seemingly a good idea.

Patser

Igotadose wrote: »

Ooh. He admits to NOT seeking medical advice before going. The arrogance is strong in this one.

Also saying he's never been tested for coronavirus - despite working in close vicinity of of Boris Johnson who was at that time seriously I'll with the virus....



And what about all the stuff his wife (and he) wrote in Spectator and blogs about coping with the virus

banie01

This presser by Cummings is a car crash.
It exposes him as either a moron with extremely poor judgement and decision making skills.
A moron whom is instrumental in shaping British government policy...

Or a fairly sociopathic individual who frankly doesn't give a fúck what the plebs think.
He is sorry that other people are upset, not that he acted like a dick.

Frankly this episode and BoJo's choice to stand by Don has completely undermined any position of moral authority the UK government may try to impose.

Igotadose

Igotadose wrote: »

"How can you not feel apologetic towards them for undermining the rules you helped to create?"
"I feel sympathy but.... all I can do is repeat that my wife couldn't look after our child, I was surrounded by people with it or testing positive with it, I was ill the next day,..." but I won't apologize for my behavior.

so he is asking for sympathy but not apologising. How does that work?

murpho999

This guy would be better off saying he shouldn't have done it, misinterpreted the rules, say illness and stress had impaired his judgement and he panicked and made the wrong decision, should not have done it and apologise.

Instead he's saying he's done nothing wrong and it's ok for him to break the rules he helped formulate and is totally unapologetic.

He's bringing himself and BoJo down here.

Harry Palmr

Imagine how much easier life would be if he'd just said in a statement "I regret my actions in retrospect I've needlessly created a confusion that is unhelpful at such a time" and then let Boris take a few days of heat that would have passed.

Malcolm Tucker would surely have plotted this out in detail.

Atlantic Dawn

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Petrol question caught him.

His Discovery if that's what he used would do circa 500 miles on a tank so he would have been on fumes including the 30 minute test drive.

One final point is that the Discovery has an official driving range of over 700 miles on one tank of diesel – equating to a real-life range of over 500 miles. There’s no electric or hybrid vehicle that could compete with this. So despite all the demonising in the media, diesel does still have its benefits.

https://www.greencarguide.co.uk/car-reviews-and-road-tests/land-rover-discovery-review/

gifted

Unless a senior government minister calls him out then this will go away inside a week and he's safe.....it's like the English version of Trump politics...deny deny deny.......and then deny even more

devnull

threeball wrote: »

He can remember every stop by a river and who he saw when out for a walk but can't remember if he stopped for petrol.

Probably the people who wrote his strategy for this press conference didn't expect that question, so he's probably been told to bat away scenarios they haven't thought of.

Did he say he had a full tank of petrol when going for the drive to Barnwell Castle or when he went back to London?

namloc1980

He's so arrogant. What a spoofer.

SteelyDanJalapeno

Can his wife drive?

Banner fights back

Mr Cummings doing his best to act the Mr nice guy but that's slowly evaporating. His inner self righteousness, elietist entitlement is there for all to see. No sign of remorse or humility.

BJ now in big trouble for standing by his man and not putting the national interest first.

Could hardline Brexiteer tory backbenchers go the next step and call for Bj's resignation, even putting that hard brexit that they do crave at risk?

Igotadose

"Why weren't you honest prior to this?"
"Do you regret it?"

"I do." <shuffles papers noisily>

Panthro

Dominic... Is your house in Durham available for a holiday rental by any chance?!

Lockdown smock down.

robinph

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

His Discovery if that's what he used would do circa 500 miles on a tank so he would have been on fumes including the 30 minute test drive.



https://www.greencarguide.co.uk/car-reviews-and-road-tests/land-rover-discovery-review/

... And he'd just driven back from No10 and presumably there that morning too. When did he last fill up in anticipation of the cross country dash.

Muahahaha

Call me Al wrote: »

LOL No!
Of course not.
He was never going to apologise.
Thats not his mindset.

Not apologising could be his undoing, the British public are seething over this and need to see at least some contrition and humility. Dom is offering neither whatsoever.

threeball

devnull wrote: »

Probably the people who wrote his strategy for this press conference didn't expect that question, so he's probably been told to bat away scenarios they haven't thought of.

Also he says he had a full tank of petrol when going for the drive to Barnwell Castle so it suggests someone filled it up between him arriving in Durham and going to Barnwell.

Probably his 17yr old niece. She got the Discovery for the weekend as a thank you for volunteering to catch coronavirus.

murpho999

"We drove for half an hour to see if I could drive safely."

This is coming form the top government adviser.

Does he have the same approach to drink driving?

Not in Kansas

Can't tune in right now, but coronavirus aside, has anyone asked him what he would advise Boris Johnson to do if an advisor other than him became the story, and was going to continue to be the story for the foreseeable future?

hots

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Imagine how much easier life would be if he'd just said in a statement "I regret my actions in retrospect I've needlessly created a confusion that is unhelpful at such a time" and then let Boris take a few days of heat that would have passed.

Malcolm Tucker would surely have plotted this out in detail.

I'd like to think something like this is going on behind the scenes right now.

ChikiChiki

Boris needs to go now. This has made things far worse. Between his initial handling of the crisis and this episode.

He has shown very poor judgement in backing Cummings, not befitting of a good leader.

murpho999

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »

Can his wife drive?

No he drives and she shouts instructions as his eyes are bad.

Igotadose

"I don't think what I did in these 14 days was a mistake." This is why he needs to go. He's not 'Joe Bloggs.'

Panthro

If you look up the word "entitlement" in a dictionary you'll see Dom's mug beside it.

Seth Brundle

https://twitter.com/mrjamesob/status/1264952859847729155

Enzokk

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »

Can his wife drive?

She doesn't drive it seems and she looks after their child as well as who would have cared for the child if she was ill?

Also, he keeps saying he needed to get back to work. Someone obviously believes they are irreplaceable.