So angry about this witch hunt

No one should be in a position where they, their wife and child feel threatened and intimidated by the media.

However, no one should put themselves in that position.

He went into downing street nothing to do with his child.

EV ditto

The Petition asking for his resignation/ sacking has over half a million signatures now,speaks volumes.

If he hadn't behaved how he has, there would be no journalists outside.

I'd drop everything for my family---lockdown or not ! I certainly wouldn't want to be treated like a murderer either.

We can do things like that because we don't have cameras shoved in our faces.

heath480 you wish a young child to be traumatised by a mass of braying journos outside his house......how unkind!

it is integrity that should be uppermost in people in high office such as the prime minister and MPs. Cummings, being a Political Advisor to Boris johnson, is wriggly!
it is no good people saying they would do the same, we don't know who you are so wouldn't care, would we!

If he hadn’t behaved the way he did there would be no “witch hunt”.

I am beyond furious that this man did whatever he wanted to without a thought for anybody else.He is inthe Punlic Eye,of course his actions will be scrutinised.

I consider him to be an evil,dangerous man anyway,knowing his past history.This is just the tip of the iceberg with him.

He broke Government guidelines,who does he think he is,sitting in the garden of No10.Unbelievable.

This is far from over,I don’t see anyway he will remain in post.

I hope the demonstrators outside his house,stay there and give him hell.

I would go myself but I am self isolating and have not seen my children and grandchildren for nearly 3 months.

How anyone is defending him on here beggars belief!!

Several of his own party and a number of bishops are wanting him to show integrity and resign. He and his wife have not shown integrity over their movements.

The gift that keeps on giving.

He has always been hated by the Left of course so this is a gift for them.

Please don't assume that criticism is only coming from the left, JenniferEccles

Exactly Trisher can't feel any sympathy for him. Although I'm glad he had a nice day out at that castle!?

Although I dislike Cummings and disagree with decisions he made I do think this has turned into a witch hunt. Boris has badly misjudged the mood of the country.

He's broken all sorts of rules!

Sorry, I would have and still would use my instinct and if any of my AC or GC needed me I would g to them in a heartbeat.

Oh My God!! What do you who support him not get? This is not a witch hunt. This is democracy in action calling for him to be called to account for breaking the rules and giving everyone carte blanche to interpret the rules to do exactly as they want. It's not only about who he is but what he's done - BROKEN THE RULES!!

We can all now be special cases with extenuating circumstances thanks to him.

It is not a witch hunt. He broke the rules, and getting away with it sends a signal to the public that it is just fine to interpret them as we see fit.

The result of that will be more infections. He has to go.

I expect those people who were NOT ALLOWED to be with their dying loved one - because those were the RULES - would disagree with you.

Do some of you realise what you are posting? This man was not dealing with a dying relative and to be honest many can not be with theirs when they pass on. You really cannot expect anyone to believe you have a view that should be respected when you compare a real rule about people dying with Covid19 to one that doesn't exist about possibly leaving a four-year-old child to cope as both of you die of the damned thing. He did not break any rules when he tried to make the best decision for his child's care, he made the best judgement he could in the circumstances. You might not have made it; I might not have made it but he seems to have worked on protecting as many people as possible.

And I really dislike much if not most of what this man has done politically and I voted Labour - possibly for the last time unless they calm the witch-hunt. It is not about politics it is about the best common sense you can find at the time.

His judgement in this case wasn't good, so how can his judgement in other areas be trusted? He evidently only thinks about himself and not the public good. Therefor he isn't fit to do the job he is supposed to be doing.

No matter what he said a lot of people would not have believed him simply because of who he is.

It doesn’t accord with your viewpoint Jis but that doesn’t make it ‘rubbish’.
It doesn’t have anything to do with a person dying in hospital at all, you have your viewpoint, I have mine.I find it a specious arguement.

And again what childcare issues were involved when he went into downing street?

I hope that the Metropolitan Police have a 24 hour presence outside his London home now to ensure the safety of his family. They can bill the MSM!!!

A witch hunt is the correct term for what is going on.

Any arrangement for childcare would have broken the guidelines so on balance I think he made the right decision.

In his situation I would have done exactly the same.

He has always been hated by the Left of course so this is a gift for them.