Any family that cares about the health and well-being of their children would do whatever it takes to keep them safe. Dominic Cummings has done nothing less and I don’t criticise him for it. That may mean stretching the rules and it looks like that is what has happened here. However, a man who understands the political optics better than many also understands that the lack of humility with which he has defended his actions is putting the whole lockdown strategy at risk. He knows that. So, I think, does the Prime Minister.
The calls for Dominic Cummings resignation are growing. But from where do those calls emanate? The left wing media, of course. The Government’s opponents, naturally. But the ones who have been quickest to pass judgement are those who have revenge as their sole motivation. Hell hath no fury like a (former) Minister scorned, or overlooked.
The media have at last found something to obsess about. They can finally and legitimately call for someone to say sorry and for credibility’s sake, that needs to be done sooner rather than later. I wonder if it will.
Cummings should do the right thing and resign what he did has totally undermined the government’s advice and as far as the left wing media are concerned I wouldn’t call the Daily Mail as left wing. How many times did he stop on the way up to refuel and have a comfort break.didnt he have any family or friends in London. Doesn’t number 10 have contingency plans in place to look after key members of the PMs team the questions are endless.
Ok. I am a “leftie”. However, you misread the mood of the country on this, regardless.
Take a listen the the vast majority of the public, who are (take your pick from) distressed, angry, shocked, disgusted and, far more dangerously, encouraged to follow his lead by, as you put it, “stretch the rules”.
These people are not speaking from a left, or right perspective. Nor fores the Daily Mail. (!) They speak as people that followed rules created by people that break them.
Disgusting.
Dear Royston
Obviously your piece was written before the PM did the daily briefing in which he excused Cummings journey as being something any caring parent would do. I find this to be inexcusable and nothing to do with whether a person is left or right wing. There are at least 35,000 families who would have loved to have put aside the lockdown rules to have had the opportunity to say goodbye to a dying relative or gone to their funeral.
The Sunday Times and the Daily Mail are hardly considered ‘left wing’ either and yet they have also criticised the hubris and arrogance with which this matter is being dealt, I shall look forward to hearing what Mr Cummings has to say on the matter later today
“Any family that cares about the health and well-being of their children would do whatever it takes to keep them safe” is a terrible defence – May I block traffic outside my house to follow my instincts to protect the children? May I burn down a McDonalds “for the kids”? Of course not. There are rules against such actions – just as there were rules against leaving your home when you had COVID. He broke those rules, he got caught and he (and the government) treat us with contempt with these incredulous excuses.
Royston, when are you going to publicly condemn the actions of Dominic Cummings? Yesterday we heard what can only be described as a fabricated story to fit what was known (and not known) about the events that occurred. The big issue is that while he is being protected for clearly breaking lock down rules, the virus problem is taking a back seat while people continue to die. All this is making the government look very weak and I would say the vast majority of the British public are furious and frustrated with what is going on.
Yes, Mr Smith, but should he stay or should he go?
I’m not a fan of Dominic Cummings,but the Mob mentality from his neighbours and the Press is abhorrent, it’s embarrassing it’s no different from when people went to public hangings,I thought we were better than that,I’m elderly and feel sad for my grandchildren leaving behind a world of hate