Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[PhilM]

If he was well enough to drive 250 miles then I don’t believe it was essential travel.

for example, why didn’t the sister travel to him instead? As she presumably was not displaying symptoms?

Exactly. Firstly, he reportedly had family in London who you'd expect could have been asked to look after the children if necessary - if at risk, why not choose this?

Like I mentioned earlier, surely if he was able to endure the journey then you'd suspect that they would still be in a fit and able state to care for their children.

Did he have symptoms or was it a precaution? Why did his family not come to get the children? The defence shows a disdain for the general public!

By the way...

 

[ToffeeTim]

Wouldn't surprise me now if there isn't extra powers given to the Police after this because the Tories know what could be coming.

I get what you're saying. Cummings was absolutely daft in what he did. But we're at a point where we need to be gradually relaxing these rules and moving forward, not bringing in stricter rules.

 

[PhilM]

@tsubaki a little thought: I wonder how many people may question what constitutes a "reasonable excuse" in any appeal?

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Just listening to that Dan Hodges...

 

[BlueStevie35]

Overall figure for the day is 282, down 186 on last Saturday and 169 on yesterday, bringing the 7 day rolling average down to 315.57

 

[mill]

I get what you're saying. Cummings was absolutely daft in what he did. But we're at a point where we need to be gradually relaxing these rules and moving forward, not bringing in stricter rules.

I think he’s talking about rules relating to things other than lockdown...

 

[peteblue]

So, whilst technically, he didnt do anything actually prohibited, I am still rather puzzled. Why (if the reason was to safeguard his child/access a support network), the senior adviser to the PM, living in London, couldnt arrange support if he and his wife were unable to?

No idea if he has any other family tbh. Which would probably be the main driver of his actions if correct I would have thought....

 

[Tea_drinker]

No idea if he has any other family tbh. Which would probably be the main driver of his actions if correct I would have thought....

Searching for a very unlikely and far fetched excuse there.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Nice sunny bank holiday weekend and you lot are in here writing ten million posts about Cummings being a [Poor language removed]

 

[roydo]

No idea if he has any other family tbh. Which would probably be the main driver of his actions if correct I would have thought....

His brother in law lives in London. And that aside, if the adviser to the PM cant ensure that his kid would be looked after if he and his wife were self isolating, then I am not sure he is capable of doing a jigsaw.

 

[tsubaki]

@tsubaki a little thought: I wonder how many people may question what constitutes a "reasonable excuse" in any appeal?

of course it will; any lawyer who didnt do that would have to be so incompetent they'd probably be a Tory MP

 

[roydo]

Nice sunny bank holiday weekend and you lot are in here writing ten million posts about Cummings being a [Poor language removed]

BBC had 4 ace FA Cup finals on, and ITV are showing RS v Arsenal now.

Cummings is an amusing distraction.

 

[LinekersLegs]

His brother in law lives in London. And that aside, if the adviser to the PM cant ensure that his kid would be looked after if he and his wife were self isolating, then I am not sure he is capable of doing a jigsaw.

All this because of one kid and there are two of them.

If they class what he did as essential what provisions are they putting in for a single parent with limited finances who has three kids to deal with?

 

[tsubaki]

His brother in law lives in London. And that aside, if the adviser to the PM cant ensure that his kid would be looked after if he and his wife were self isolating, then I am not sure he is capable of doing a jigsaw.

sorry if this has been posted before, but this exact situation did come up in an earlier press conference with what someone (the likes of you and I, obviously) should do:

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

The same fella was saying this not that long ago:



Oliver Dowden

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https://twitter.com/OliverDowden/status/1246134439056375808



If we knuckle down as a nation, we stay home, and we beat this virus we can look fwd to enjoying Britain’s wonderful outdoors when it’s safe

Right now, we must #StayHome for our health, for others & for the NHS heroes we all clapped for yesterday