Dominic Cummings

If he was testing his eyesight on that infamous trip to Barnard Castle he was aware he had possibly bad eyesight so he should have gone to the opticians before setting out. Silly man. and a liar to boot. And weird looking, like a new born baby. He criticises Boris but would he have done better in Boris's place?
You've probably guessed I do not like the man.

I agree with Smileless2012. Cummings is dishing the dirt simply because he was caught breaking the rules and had to pay the price. I've no sympathy for him.

I do not believe a word that man says , especially after his performance travelling early on in the pandemic, many said Boris should have sacked him then, he didnt, what happens now, the worm has turned, who needs friends like him. nasty man

He did not do himself any favours

Totally agree Lucca, a bunch of self serving liars. ?

Pinch of salt comes to mind.......

Paperbackwriter

He's a slippery, self-serving little weasel. I don't disbelieve him but I despise what seems to be an attention-seeking, bitter bid at revenge. It's not exactly being done for the greater good, is it?

So would you prefer everything g to be covered up ?

He's a slippery, self-serving little weasel. I don't disbelieve him but I despise what seems to be an attention-seeking, bitter bid at revenge. It's not exactly being done for the greater good, is it?

There was information available at the time. As Cummings said we only had to look to Eastern countries to see how they were handling the pandemic. And the argument that social scientists said that the people in this country would revolt against similar measures was unfounded. A scientist on tv last night said they didn’t say that. I knew that the virus could be spread asymptomatically so why did the government claim to not know it?

I don’t mind listening to him but he’s the most unattractive man to watch.

Only have seen the clips shown on the news and I am not surprised at the venom he's spouting!
He managed to work his way into a job, that he was not qualified for, where he thought he'd be able to influence other people.
I am not a Boris fan by any means, but seeing how other countries have handled , and are still dealing with, the pandemic, and the information that was available at the time, that has changed on a daily basis, only history will be able to tell who was right or wrong.

Oh this non stop “hindsight” defence.

A lot of things were known before and yet monumental dithering went in because some were too obstinate to ,listen.

I wouldn't believe everything Dominic Cummings said, nor what any Government said. There was a lack of "evidence", a "no, I am not letting you see the messages," and an agenda to put the knife into his enemies. Somehow, by lack of information, we are to believe that Mr Gove was innocent of all the accusations (anybody smell a rat) and that with all the concern DC had, he was happy to break the rules with his trip to Durham Castle.
There were lots of accusations which, as part of a conversation and in context, would be perfectly acceptable. Anybody in charge of an economy might ask whether we should lock everything down when it was a specific part of the population who was affected. That would not mean I wasn't going to protect the ones who would be disproportionately affected.
In the early days, I was more dismissive of the affects of the virus because we had heard of so many potentially life threatening viral infections before which had come to nothing. There is no doubt we were complacent but I have seen little to suggest that any other Government would have done differently.
Hindsight is such a wonderful thing so I am more inclined to wait for a proper wide reaching inquiry to get a balanced version of events.

I lost my father to Covid while in a care home for respite. I was contacted one week beforehand to ask if I would sign a DNR I didn’t but asked why this had suddenly come up. I was told normal procedure. I found out after my father died from a Carer the virus was in the home weeks beforehand n was covered up! She said they hadn’t been provided with masks etc. I offered to let her have some of mine. It’s a national disgrace n the residents were like lambs to the slaughter absolutely shocking. I said goodbye to my father on a lap top Easter Sunday.

Oops. I really should preview messages before posting!

I wouldn't trust Cummings or Johnson further i could throw them (no distance at all!). We all know Johnson lies all over the place, that seems to be undisputed, and Cummings was never going to go quietly. Let's not forget that he obviously considered himself above the law and broke the Covid rules then offered a very poor excuse. Yes, in this instance I think a lot of what he said was the truth but we'd pretty much worked most of it out for ourselves; he's just trying to get his own back now.

Why is this committee giving him 7 hours to talk? He was not elected by anyone - did not get voted into the position he had and is just a nasty bitter man. Hindsight is always a good thing but surely now is not the time for a witch hunt ? - next year when this is hopefully over is the time for all this - - AND
he also lied on camera in the rose garden interview saying he left London because of childcare issues - then said it was because his family were being threatened. Why give this man oxygen to be vitriolic and revengeful.?

sazz1

I don't like or trust Dominic Cummings. Someone who drives a car to test their eyesight is an imbecile.
He's a first class liar and has said all this because Boris got rid of him.

Indeed but Boris is economical with the truth if not with his e decor.

If DC has proof, what then ?

…and you could say the same of the right about loving him before and hating him now! Even to the extent that one Tory MP was taking the p** out of the Barnards Castle eyesight trip, at the time they were queuing up to support him, it wasn’t funny then and it’s not now. All those bereaved families who have had to listen to this!

I agree! I don’t love him either, we knew all this, just interesting to hear it in such a blunt way - I would love to hear DC interviewed by a select committee about the Brexit lies too, many of which he was the instigator

No smoke without fire. We all know Johns9n is a lia4 and chea5 so noth8ng new there but the rest of his tea: follow suit.
The tot in the fish starts a5 it’s head..........?shows

Crossed posts Casdon!

I don't like or trust Dominic Cummings. Someone who drives a car to test their eyesight is an imbecile.
He's a first class liar and has said all this because Boris got rid of him.

Patients being discharged from hospitals to care homes would most likely already be ill, many of them very ill and in need of 24hr nursing care. It wouldn’t be feasible for them to be quarantined in a hotel. There wouldn’t be sufficient care staff to safely look after them. Hospitality staff are unable to care for sick elderly patients. Many of whom could be in a confused state due to dementia, distressed due to unfamiliar surroundings, continence problems etc

These weren’t patients who could be discharged to hotels, they were in need of full nursing care, which is why the majority were care home patients before admission to hospital. The only way hotels could have worked is if they were staffed to the level of a nursing home, and run as such. That would have been very difficult to achieve with so many staff also off sick with COVID themselves.