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Discuss ..I know what I think and its unrepeatable

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paddyanne Sat 06-Jun-20 18:33:33

Undisclosed source from Downing Street says Dominic Cummings to be given a KNIGHTHOOD .

I'm spitting feathers ,What do you think?

Toadinthehole Mon 08-Jun-20 18:43:58

I agree Luckygirl, but at least it would show how passionate people really are. It’s one thing to shout your disapproval, but quite another to part with hard cash. This has been one thing distracting us from the virus, which we may be able to sort out, unlike the other distractions, the Madeleine McCann case, which will probably be another dead end, and all these protests.

Luckygirl Mon 08-Jun-20 16:47:32

I have looked at the crowdfunding website and they are trying to raise £300,000 for the necessary legal fees - it is not brilliant that such a huge sum of money should line lawyers' pockets when the CPS should simply have dealt with Cummings in accordance with the law in the first place.

Callistemon Mon 08-Jun-20 14:29:45

And, in the meantime, Philip Green is still a Sir
As is Richard Branson

They're ten a penny these days.

Eloethan Mon 08-Jun-20 14:24:30

Perhaps this story arose because there was a (rejected) petition calling for Cummings to be knighted - and apparently there are rumours in journalistic circles of the same.

We'll have to wait and see won't we, but my guess is it would be politically very unwise to knight this man at the moment. That's not to say it will never happen.

Oopsminty Mon 08-Jun-20 13:18:53

There's going to be an awful lot of people being prosecuted for breaking lockdown.

Good job it's not true

Absurd waste of money

lemongrove Mon 08-Jun-20 13:14:53

Don’t waste your money Toad as it can’t possibly come to anything.

Toadinthehole Mon 08-Jun-20 13:11:05

I hope this isn’t fake news. My husband was saying last week, that we should crowdfund a public prosecution against Dommy. We weren’t sure how to go about it, but apparently, so my son says, a lawyer is going to do just that! My son read it in The Guardian. Bring it on I say.

Jabberwok Mon 08-Jun-20 12:24:21

Lemon! ???

Callistemon Mon 08-Jun-20 10:13:55

Norty lemongrove

lemongrove Mon 08-Jun-20 08:29:24

Am sure I read somewhere that Nichola Sturgeon is going to be canonised.??

Chewbacca Mon 08-Jun-20 08:12:24

Paddyann I'm astonished that you believed this! You're normally pretty savvy where fake news is concerned. Or was it a little bit of wishful thinking on your part so that you'd have another reason for being angry about Westminster? wink

eazybee Mon 08-Jun-20 08:02:44

Paddyanne and a few others on here are never ones to let facts stand in the way of what they consider to be a a good story.

Mapleleaf Sun 07-Jun-20 22:39:33

Rubbish.

silverlining48 Sun 07-Jun-20 13:23:44

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha....but on the other hand nothing would surprise me where our PM and his cronies are concerned.

janipat Sun 07-Jun-20 13:21:40

And just like the false "Dominic Cummings' son is autistic" it will probably be repeated as fact by some. Even Boris Johnson isn't quite that deranged.

Callistemon Sun 07-Jun-20 10:23:27

Not without the Queen's permission paddyanne

You may loathe the Royal Family but they come in useful sometimes and I think she has her ear to the ground more than Boris does.

At least this fake rumour will keep some people happily spitting feathers for a bit.

grin

vampirequeen Sun 07-Jun-20 09:35:31

Fake but very plausible. I can understand the mistake.

Sparklefizz Sat 06-Jun-20 20:43:39

This is FAKE NEWS!!! Paddyanne should not have begun spreading it without checking facts.

Lucca Sat 06-Jun-20 20:11:03

Not knighted. Benighted.

ladymuck Sat 06-Jun-20 20:09:09

Someone probably started the rumour to see what the reaction would be.

varian Sat 06-Jun-20 19:32:19

However, if DC did get knighted, surely the next step would be a knighthood for his boss, "Sir" Vladimir Putin.

varian Sat 06-Jun-20 19:30:59

I can't imagine a Sir Dominic Cummings being able to deny he was part of the "elite"

So I'm guessing it is fake news.

lemongrove Sat 06-Jun-20 19:19:58

Amazing what some people believe ( if they read it somewhere).

MissAdventure Sat 06-Jun-20 19:06:08

My response is unrepeatable, too.

PamelaJ1 Sat 06-Jun-20 19:00:11

Also heard that Sir Digby Jones was suggesting that the country buys the Queen a new yacht. Must be the silly season.
Hopefully.........