Coronavirus - political views - supporting or otherwise...

[Wolf]

Or come to an agreement that one film crew & 2 still photographers maximum cover it and all images are shared? Don't know how that works re fees, but it would be an opportunity to modify existing arrangements & show Government how it is done?

Exactly , you'd have thought between them they could make some sort of agreement that essentially conforms with the advice and shows exactly what the high ground looks like whilst getting their point across. Instead they are performing a holier than thou, above the rules scenario themselves and effectively adding to the defence of his actions

 

[pendodave]

I'm not sure there's any moral high ground to be had. It's all just a dance between press, government and MPs. I dont think any of them would behave differently thenselves, the piling on is pretty much faux outrage.
And while everyone looks the other way, the economy and people's life chances are destroyed for the sake of extending the lives of an easily identifiable subset of the population and pretending that the curent stupidity is still the best policy. The world's gone mad.

 

[User20205]

I'm not sure there's any moral high ground to be had. It's all just a dance between press, government and MPs. I dont think any of them would behave differently thenselves, the piling on is pretty much faux outrage.
And while everyone looks the other way, the economy and people's life chances are destroyed for the sake of extending the lives of an easily identifiable subset of the population and pretending that the curent stupidity is still the best policy. The world's gone mad.

Pretty sure there are bigger issues at stake.

 

[Old Skier]

Now the police are changing their statement, doesn't look good from both sides of the argument.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Is he stuck in traffic on the A1?

Probably waiting to see if Durham Police change their statement again.

 

[Imurg]

I can't quote it exactly as I'd get Fraggered but Ricky Gervais just tweeted If he doesn't show soon Cliff Richard's gonna start a singalong...

 

[Old Skier]

He likes doing things "briefly".

 

[Hacker Khan]

Turns out the false allegations about Mr Cummings from campaigning newspapers about him going to Barnard Castle were not so false. But calm down, it was just an elongated eyesight test.

 

[Old Skier]

Non statement- got to go.

 

[Cherry13]

It sounded like the first essay your English teacher gets you to do after your summer holidays...
let’s just hope this is the last of it though. Bigger things to get on with surely.

 

[Hacker Khan]

He's just articulated very well the really difficult calls many people have had to go through in the crisis. It's just that after thinking about them, the vast majority of people stuck to the stay at home instructions that the government he advises issued. He didn't.

 

[Billysboots]

A small part of me has a degree of sympathy for Cummings, however, his judgement is appalling, his failure to show any regret even worse, and his abject failure to comprehend the hardships the common man and woman in the street are having to endure, without the benefit of being able to run to the family estate, absolutely unforgivable.

Not fit for the post he holds, however he seeks to justify himself.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Turns out the false allegations about Mr Cummings from campaigning newspapers about him going to Barnard Castle were not so false.

And the accusation from an unnamed "witness" that he had been seen again in the area on 19 April?

The case against Cummings is not helped by false allegations or spin.

 

[AmandaJR]

The press "high ground" in this is lost with the untruths and scrums outside his house. If they'd stuck to the facts, and themselves exercised social distancing etc., then he wouldn't have so much of an "out".

 

[Hacker Khan]

The press "high ground" in this is lost with the untruths and scrums outside his house. If they'd stuck to the facts, and themselves exercised social distancing etc., then he wouldn't have so much of an "out".

So you really think he has an out because the press had scrums outside his house?

 

[Hacker Khan]

Seriously, all you die hard Tories, are you really buying the Barnard Castle testing his eyesight story?

 

[harpo_72]

So you really think he has an out because the press had scrums outside his house?

I heard it was actually a rugby match ... not just scrums.

what I have learnt about covid 19 .. if you wear a bikini your immune, if you work for the press you are immune, it’s okay for children to return but not politicians, Rees Mogg couldn’t spare a nanny, Boris has only said thanks ( which is easy to do, I tried it on the bank manager and he got a bit upset) and the banks are in profit ...

 

[AmandaJR]

So you really think he has an out because the press had scrums outside his house?

He has an element of one yes. It's more the untruths (which you failed to mention) and the fact the press were told repeatedly they were untrue but still printed them.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Seriously, all you die hard Tories, are you really buying the Barnard Castle testing his eyesight story?

Why wouldn't they?

After all those on the other side were quick to buy the story about bluebell woods on 19 April.

Falsehoods are of no help to either side.

 

[Hacker Khan]

He has an element of one yes. It's more the untruths (which you failed to mention) and the fact the press were told repeatedly they were untrue but still printed them.

As opposed the vast majority of stuff which they printed that was true? Is all that now tainted? Should we ignore it?