Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[degsy]

Kind of undermines his whole argument doesn't it?

"The PM, COBRA, SAGE and ministers didn't take my concerns seriously"

"Yeah, okay, I did then flout all the rules I now claim to have pushed for. Then I lied about it on national TV".

'Flout' mert, but I fixed it for you...tbh, with some of them Tories 'flounce' probably works just as well

 

[Amw79]

I’d quite like to see today’s proceedings end with Jeremy Hunt thanking Cummings for his candour, then reaching into a drawer and solemnly donning a black cap.

 

[Mrk]

'Flout' mert, but I fixed it for you...tbh, with some of them Tories 'flounce' probably works just as well

lol A simple freudian slip, M'lud.

 

[dannyboy]

Cummings confirming what we already knew. The government handled everything extremely badly and whilst doing so the opposition and journalists clapped along.

 

[Dharma]

The absolute state of this

It's a complete cesspit.

 

[ste d' indica]

Here we go, Lockdown 2: Electric Boogaloo...

 

[tsubaki]

Only watched the latter stages of it, in terms of a senior insider talking about the Government he worked for then its utterly without precedent.

He does bear a huge slice of the blame for this disaster, but at least he is saying this now rather than in a decade and via diaries that he sells to the public.

 

[ste d' indica]

This is damning.

 

[tsubaki]

This is damning.

it certainly should be, assuming he can back this up

 

[Chewbacca]

Always difficult with Cummings to know if you are talking to Sméagol or Gollum

 

[tsubaki]

"I had the view that he (Johnson) was fundamentally unfit for the job"

 

[navidson]

apparently cummings has over 900 pages of evidence and he is def a big enough weasel collect it just in case of a time like this.

post-weaselling.

Anything about who Everton are signing this summer?

 

[tsubaki]

Paul Bristow getting told off for swearing

they should also discipline him for being an absolute suckup

 

[Mrk]

Jesus, they'll need to surgically remove Cummings' tongue from Dominic Raab's arse after this.

 

[Haydn]

Sad thing is, we all know that deep down, even if Cummings is telling the truth, that absolutely nothing will be done about any of this.

The amount of cronyism, back patting and jobs for the old boys is out of control under this government (just look at today’s Hillsborough news)

At the very most, Hancock will be made the sacrificial goat, that’ll steal the headlines and the next day we’ll get the “it’s time for healing, so we all need to move on from this” blurb and the Tories will go up another 3 points in the polls.

It’s so utterly soul crushingly predictable that I’m struggling to even care any more...

Set against a glorious forest of pristine Union flags and with solemn and battle weary face, our inspirational leader will no doubt trounce his treacherous accusers asunder. Now is not the time to be seeking to criticise individuals, who have acted steadfastly in our nation's best interests, throughout our battle with this evil virus. A virus that threatened to destroy our unique British way of life, like no other foe in our history. We have all been through too much together in our fight, to be drawn into petty squabbling now. Together we will win and we will learn, but I say to you all now, that the virus will also learn. It will surely learn that it will not and cannot possibly win, when confronted by the collective, unshakeable resolve of the Great British public. That same Great British public who know only too well, that there are some amongst us, who are extremely knowledgeable with the benefit of hindsight. We pay no heed to their carping voices (insert obscure Latin phrase, something, something, magnificent victory by the people, for the people, heroes all). We the British government will instead maintain our unflinching focus, as we have done since the start, on winning this battle, protecting the NHS, safeguarding the vulnerable in our society and in so doing, return our country to prosperity. Yes, first question, Laura ?