*Why* is the media hanging onto Cummings every word?

Lincslass

The press are hanging on to his every word, because it suits the agenda of many of these remain in EU publications. Now they have a chance to help bring down the man who made it happen. Are they really such pontiffs and full of puffiness that they are really so upset about so called party gate. No I think they have a bigger agenda, as in the removal of a man they dislike as PM.

Extraordinary.

So why are the daily papers, which supported Brexit and Johnson, and which have the greatest combined circulation between them, now calling for his removal? That can't be a nasty Remainer plot, can it?

I find it puzzling that anyone thinks Cummings is short of money or that he'll struggle to find another job.

They'll be queuing up to employ him. Possibly already are.

There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy...

Just a few random thoughts about Cummings….

He is obviously out for revenge. He took his time and subscribed to the belief that it was best served cold. Whatever the outcome of the investigations he has already succeeded in making things as difficult as possible for the PM.

I just wonder where he (DM) goes from here. He is obviously a clever man, but does not appear to have a private income. There will doubtless be a book coming out and then what? Surely any organisation is going to think twice about employing him as he has already demonstrated law breaking and double standards. He is a relatively young man with a family to support. What would it say about a company who wanted to employ him?

MaizieD

Cummings' declared objective is to completely destroy the current system of government and replace it with something data and technology driven, controlled by some sort of high tech 'elite and preferably peopled by automatons at the lower end. This is why disruption and complete disregard for any rules, customs or culture are what he is after. He is a revolutionary.

He's not in the slightest bit interested in being liked, either.

I'm not sure what purpose his revolution would serve. He's certainly not interested in the wellbeing of the nation's citizens.

Ex-actly!

That's him in a nutshell.

I’ve been told.

All media and press outlets except the blatantly right wing ones are seeing this as a very serious breach of the law in force at the time of the lockdowns Lincslass. Attempting to blame the media for the PM, cronies and civil servants lies and lawbreaking is futile.

Didn’t Ferguson resign though? I’ve seen Johnson described as the turd that won’t flush.

The press are hanging on to his every word, because it suits the agenda of many of these remain in EU publications. Now they have a chance to help bring down the man who made it happen. Are they really such pontiffs and full of puffiness that they are really so upset about so called party gate. No I think they have a bigger agenda, as in the removal of a man they dislike as PM.

Urmstongran

^It really is a bit childish to claim that because somebody has done something wrong (especially of the smirkable rumpy pumpy sort, so beloved of tabloids), he should have that thrown at him forever more^

Not Boris though eh growstuff? Hmm.

How many times has Ferguson messed up?

Unless I've missed something, it's on a different scale from Johnson.

It really is a bit childish to claim that because somebody has done something wrong (especially of the smirkable rumpy pumpy sort, so beloved of tabloids), he should have that thrown at him forever more

Not Boris though eh growstuff? Hmm.

Kay Burley just said on SKY news just now that Sue Grey’s report may be available later today.

I bet he rues the day.

Amazing how people forget that Boris backed him over barnard castle….

stewaris

It will be interesting to see if anyone will employ such a despicable person and, no, I'm not a fan of BJ.

I still don't understand how he got away with saying he drove to Barnard Castle to test his eyes. Surely, he should have been charged with careless/dangerous driving if he was admitting to not being sure of his eyesight.

He probably would have been, if Johnson hadn't defended him.

MaizieD

Cummings' declared objective is to completely destroy the current system of government and replace it with something data and technology driven, controlled by some sort of high tech 'elite and preferably peopled by automatons at the lower end. This is why disruption and complete disregard for any rules, customs or culture are what he is after. He is a revolutionary.

He's not in the slightest bit interested in being liked, either.

I'm not sure what purpose his revolution would serve. He's certainly not interested in the wellbeing of the nation's citizens.

It would prove Cummings is right and is able to control.

Ferguson did break the rules, apologised and resigned from SAGE. In his mind, he had already had Covid and thought he would be immune. His reputation suffered a big blow on top of all the Professor Lockdown taunts he was having thrown at him. Who knows whether there would have been 500,000 deaths, if there hadn't been a lockdown? Maybe there would have been. At the time, the number of deaths was rising exponentially and doubling every 2 or 3 days. Vaccines weren't even on the horizon.

It really is a bit childish to claim that because somebody has done something wrong (especially of the smirkable rumpy pumpy sort, so beloved of tabloids), he should have that thrown at him forever more ... maybe the pandemic has brought out the inner child in some.

Cummings has a chip on his shoulder as big as a boulder. Would treat anything he says with a pinch of salt as he is out to get revenge, maybe because he knew he had to go before he was pushed.

MerylStreep

Joplin

When Cummings offended he was the first to break the rules - they now fade almost into insignificance compared to Boris. Not just the many parties but the lack of a face mask in Hospitals & other places, etc,etc. Cummings never put anyone at risk & we now know his family were being threatened, so hardly surprising he wanted to get them to safety. His hasty exit was apparently after Carrie had “ laid into him “ & caused a lot of trouble. Having seen part of a long interview with Cummings I’d certainly trust him more than Boris, with those shifty eyes & guilty grin. Always grinning, ugh.

I’m afraid Cummings was not the first to break lockdown rules.
That would be Professor Neil Ferguson, the person who ‘modelled’ the figures that said if we didn’t have a strict lockdown 500,000 people would die
Then proceeded to invite his married lover to his flat for some afternoon rumpy pumpy on the 30th of March

To quote a tennis player - you can’t be serious.

Ferguson spent an afternoon with his lover. Bit different than 17 get together in number 10, with many more people assembled.

Cummings' declared objective is to completely destroy the current system of government and replace it with something data and technology driven, controlled by some sort of high tech 'elite and preferably peopled by automatons at the lower end. This is why disruption and complete disregard for any rules, customs or culture are what he is after. He is a revolutionary.

He's not in the slightest bit interested in being liked, either.

I'm not sure what purpose his revolution would serve. He's certainly not interested in the wellbeing of the nation's citizens.

It will be interesting to see if anyone will employ such a despicable person and, no, I'm not a fan of BJ.

I still don't understand how he got away with saying he drove to Barnard Castle to test his eyes. Surely, he should have been charged with careless/dangerous driving if he was admitting to not being sure of his eyesight.

Sorry, Joplin, Cummings' family wasn't being threatened. He claimed they were being besieged by the press, but in April 2020, when he made his little trip, no-one was much interested in him. He wasn't newsworthy. It was just one of his little exculpatory lies.

It was only after the news of his covid rule breaking trip broke that he was besieged by the press (as was his family up here in the NE)

Cummings is a walking ego trying to destabilise an elected government, unseat an elected PM out of pure personal spite - all of which would be almost OK if he and the rebel Tories had the foggiest plan of who they want to lead instead.

I don't see a problem. Cummings was a squirming, lying mess when trying to defend the indefensible = his trip to Durham/Barnard Castle. Now he is talking about BJ and he has no reason to lie. He knows where the bodies are buried and his has all the information, emails, photos to release at whatever rate he likes to get his revenge on his old boss. Didn't he tell Johnson, "if I ever brief against you, you will f-----g know it"?

I wouldn't believe a word that comes out of his mouth nothing worse than an adviser scorned

Joplin

When Cummings offended he was the first to break the rules - they now fade almost into insignificance compared to Boris. Not just the many parties but the lack of a face mask in Hospitals & other places, etc,etc. Cummings never put anyone at risk & we now know his family were being threatened, so hardly surprising he wanted to get them to safety. His hasty exit was apparently after Carrie had “ laid into him “ & caused a lot of trouble. Having seen part of a long interview with Cummings I’d certainly trust him more than Boris, with those shifty eyes & guilty grin. Always grinning, ugh.

I’m afraid Cummings was not the first to break lockdown rules.
That would be Professor Neil Ferguson, the person who ‘modelled’ the figures that said if we didn’t have a strict lockdown 500,000 people would die
Then proceeded to invite his married lover to his flat for some afternoon rumpy pumpy on the 30th of March