I know you're winding people up as you've no way to excuse his behaviour, but what message do you think that sends to someone who may have had a parent die and been unable to visit them in the final moments?
And the thing is, we all. Wouldn't have done it. I was incredibly ill in February and I didn't take my daughter to my parents house. YOU would've because you consider yourself an exception to the rule, which is probably why you don't think it's a big issue - because you see a kindred spirit in Cummings, but no doubt you'll decry the other 'idiots' ignoring the Government advice to suit their own notions of what's acceptable.