Current Affairs Dominic Cummings

[Harryflashman]

The Durham Police were pushed into investigating Cummings because of accusations including this falsified one. Police time has been wasted, so either prosecute the guy that made up the story or the journalist who ran with it. Either way it was a lie that was published nationally, which many on here then quoted as if it were the absolute truth, resulting in a police investigation. And now, because the investigation didn’t give the left the answer it wanted, the Police Chief is to be investigated. A witch hunt, based on a lie, lapped up by those who wanted to believe it, has wasted Police time and effort, and they should be prosecuted.....

lying to the press isn’t an offence though ie it ? I take your point about the police investigation , I have my own thoughts about it , that might probably surprise you . To extrapolate a lie to the a journalist to wasting police time feels tenuous at best and would be a worrisome Road to go down .

I’m not defending the liar I think it’s pathetic and the individual is worthy of ridicule and if Cummings chose to sue he’d have every right , although I’d suspect both political and legal advice may be to leave it .

The whole matter has been pathetic in a number of senses of the word , personally I’ve probably been more annoyed by the failure to offer a single apology, the blanket defences and the AG statement than the acts Themselves . I dislike being lied to so the liar about events the Cummings lies , which I’m sure you see as I do , I find insulting but we are where we are . I’m also surprised that a man who can judge the public mood got his response so wrong.

am I annoyed about someone lying about seeing him ? Yes I think it’s pathetic and I am annoyed about Cummings ‘testing his eyesight’ lie , of course I find it insulting . I’m not going to cherry pick what lies are right or wrong .

 

[tsubaki]

The Durham Police were pushed into investigating Cummings because of accusations including this falsified one. Police time has been wasted, so either prosecute the guy that made up the story or the journalist who ran with it. Either way it was a lie that was published nationally, which many on here then quoted as if it were the absolute truth, resulting in a police investigation. And now, because the investigation didn’t give the left the answer it wanted, the Police Chief is to be investigated. A witch hunt, based on a lie, lapped up by those who wanted to believe it, has wasted Police time and effort, and they should be prosecuted.....

so no police time was wasted, then?

 

[Dharma]

He is the greatest threat to democracy and freedom of speech this country has seen in a very long time.
We must hope that this individual is exposed to the nation for what he truly is.

 

[peteblue]

Travelling to Durham and visiting a castle probably wasted more.....

If he was guilty of breaking a law then prosecute him just like anyone else. But the more I see of this the more it seems to be a politically inspired witch hunt, having nothing to do with public health. It’s about the man not the event....

 

[peteblue]

He is the greatest threat to democracy and freedom of speech this country has seen in a very long time.
We must hope that this individual is exposed to the nation for what he truly is.

And the witch hunt continues.....

 

[roydo]

If he was guilty of breaking a law then prosecute him just like anyone else. But the more I see of this the more it seems to be a politically inspired witch hunt, having nothing to do with public health. It’s about the man not the event....

Yeah, it is. Whats the problem with that? Its not like he is an unelected, unaccountable egotist who made the rules up then lied about breaching them is it?

 

[peteblue]

so no police time was wasted, then?

Until Steve White, the acting Police Commissioner within Labour controlled Durham Council, asked the Police to investigate no Police time had been expended. The ‘second trip’ is what pushed everyone over the edge......

 

[roydo]

Until Steve White, the acting Police Commissioner within Labour controlled Durham Council, asked the Police to investigate no Police time had been expended. The ‘second trip’ is what pushed everyone over the edge......

I havnt even heard about a 2nd trip. I am just astonished that you appear to be defending the bloke.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Until Steve White, the acting Police Commissioner within Labour controlled Durham Council, asked the Police to investigate no Police time had been expended. The ‘second trip’ is what pushed everyone over the edge......

Unless the journalist reported him to the police I fail to see how they bear any responsibility beyond reporting serious allegations against a powerful person which is kinda their job.

 

[Blues Harp]

I havnt even heard about a 2nd trip. I am just astonished that you appear to be defending the bloke.

Makes a change from being told what to do by unelected officials doesn't it? lol

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Or are you arguing that anybody reporting suspicions to the police that result in an investigation that turns up no evidence should be prosecuted?

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

And the witch hunt continues.....

So thats all ok by you then?

If so, I'll be round in the morning to build my enormous statue of Angela Merkel out the back of your fence.

 

[peteblue]

Yeah, it is. Whats the problem with that? Its not like he is an unelected, unaccountable egotist who made the rules up then lied about breaching them is it?

SAGE ‘made the rules up’. Cummings broke the spirit if not the law of those rules and has not been found guilty of lying....people should just be honest and say they can’t stand the guy, or Boris, or Brexit, or whatever and stop all this theatrical, holier than thou, virtue signalling.....

 

[peteblue]

Or are you arguing that anybody reporting suspicions to the police that result in an investigation that turns up no evidence should be prosecuted?

Only if it was malicious or done as a joke......

 

[ramacca]

He is the greatest threat to democracy and freedom of speech this country has seen in a very long time.
We must hope that this individual is exposed to the nation for what he truly is.

So it's his second home and he lied to the camera about it being a cottage on his father's farm? Will be interesting to look at the planning permission for his second home.

The establishment are a law unto themselves and will always act in their best interests. Cummings went for his ma's birthday and maybe to console her over her brother's death. Durham police changed their story and said 'security issues' - which would have to mean police protection and a presence outside his second home. By going to Durham he forced Durham police to expend their resources on him that would have cost time and money. A waste of police time and money as they would have to have trailed him, for security reasons, when he went for his specsavers driving 'test. He and his ilk, 'let the old die', eugenics father in law, 'take in on the chin'etc., and dangerous and are a threat to democracy.