Will he resign?

One of my neighbours went to school with DC, says he was an oddball weirdo. Maybe he’s on the spectrum himself. Could account for a lot...

Stephen Reicher
@ReicherStephen
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As one of those involved in SPI-B, the Government advisory group on behavioural science, I can say that in a few short minutes tonight, Boris Johnson has trashed all the advice we have given on how to build trust and secure adherence to the measures necessary to control COVID-19.

An autistic child will always be happier in familiar surroundings. Ok, I'm sure the family country pad would be familiar to him but not as familiar as his London home.

Sadgrandma; we're not looking after our grandchildren because they may be asymptomatic and we could catch the virus them and die. That's why we're being advised not too. And that's why most of our children are protecting us from that. Whether the government says we can or cannot look after our children doesn't change that fact.

Dominic is not the only person in the country with an autistic child. The intelligent thing to do would have been to stay at home and have one of his sisters come down to help. Even more sensible would have been plans put in place for just this sort of eventuality. It's the sort of arrangement normal people have had to make.My autistic grandson has found some aspects of lockdown difficult but we've not expected special treatment because of it.

Oops
Nice. A nice neice.

It seems unsure he was ill.
Boris said he travelled in anticipation of being ill.
Perhaps we all should have used our integrity, ability to see into the future and buggered off.

If I had been in his situation I would have asked a nice or aunt to come and take the child.

That seems the most sensible and unselfish thing, to me.

Just a thought, perhaps the Cummings story will work to us Grandparent's advantage as they might now declare that it's OK for us to look after our grandchildren after all! ?

J.K. Rowling
@jk_rowling
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Replying to
@jk_rowling
I can’t remember a clearer demonstration of contempt for the people from a sitting Prime Minister. Johnson might as well have shambled into shot, given us all the finger and walked off again.

If I had a young child and my partner and I had an illness that could have lead to both of us collapsing and being hospitalised at very short notice I think i, and my parents, would be very keen to do all we could to get the child into the most secure and safe situation possible

ill not I'll

misadventure?

Friday 27th March he runs home to look after Mary who says she feels I'll
Mary says that 24 hours later, he complains of "feeling weird" and he promptly collapsed.
Saturday 28th March he drives his family 260 miles to Durham. Whilst both still feeling ill. Very sensible.
He then claims that they remained in isolation for "at least 14 days", which would mean that they would have been allowed outdoors, for 1 hours excercise, but no unnecessary driving, by the 11th April.
5th April he's spotted outside of the property by a neighbour, who is able describe what Cummings was wearing, even though he was still in quarantine.
12th April they were spotted 30 miles away at Barnard Castle and someone cared enough to make a note of his number plate.
14th April he returns to London.
19th April he's back in Durham, admiring bluebells at Houghall Woods, where he speaks to a female walker.

So who's lying here?

Trial by media...we all believe everything that is written and quoted if it goes along with our views and beliefs if not it's wrong . The wisdom of getting older!

Oldjude surely if his child is autistic, it would be better to stay in his own house with all the familiarity that would afford and have his aunt come and look after the child there.

But Cummings wasn't poorly.
He went in anticipation that he may get poorly.

I may get poorly myself as I'm struggling in to work every day on the bus.

I wonder how my grandson might feel if I get ill?

I wonder what might become of him, because I have literally nobody to take him - and of course, he watched his mum fight and lose her battle with cancer.

Now ask yourself why people are so angry

Replying to
@jk_rowling
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@JaneyGodley
An absolute fuckweasel indeed. I ‘shielded’ my 19 yr old for 8 weeks. She didn’t see her sister or friends. She died of cancer on 10th May & I had to choose which 10 people could attend her funeral on Friday. And he drove round the country skipping through fucking bluebells.

OmaforMaya, totally agree. What is wrong with people now. Judging and commenting without know the facts. I also read the child is autistic so it’s obvious cummins would only want a known person to help look after him

No, it's really not.

People have missed their loved ones last hours, been unable to go to their funerals, cancelled weddings, holidays, and followed the advice given by Cummings et al.

Thanks for the supportive comments, everyone.

OmaforMaya; but can you explain why Cummings wife wrote and printed an article which made out that they were self isolating in London? And they had other relatives living nearby.

There are more important things to campaign for.

For an autistic child to see both parents poorly would be incomprehensible, they would need another adult who they knew and trusted and the adult would also gave to know them and their needs.

People do things we don't agree with but this hatred of one person for doing a minor but still not proved wrong is ridiculous. It is just way out of proportion it's not like Blair with weapons of mass destruction it is too much off with his head and gagging up!

Why did they need help?