You can’t tell people to stay indoors and avoid seeing family and friends for months on end then claim that your own advisor was just being a good father when he broke the rules you put in place. One of the British PM’s most trusted advisors is Dominic Cummings, a political strategist who was director of the Vote Leave campaign during the Brexit referendum and a man who is typically known for being a conniving, bigoted, bullying puppet master … If Dominic Cummings is such a genius manipulator of public opinion, why does everyone think he’s a cunt?Been told to stop attacking Dominic Cummings and to 'think of the prime minister's mental health'. Twitter responded accordingly, with the most surprising response coming from the UK Civil ServiceThis has just been tweeted from the UK Civil Service account.
"He clearly broke the rules," she said.
It reveals the worst of his elitist arrogance. Case in point: One of the British PM’s most trusted advisors is Dominic Cummings, a political strategist who was director of the Vote Leave campaign during the Brexit referendum and a man who is typically known for being a conniving, bigoted, bullying puppet master to the most abhorrent aspects of the current Tory nightmare. "We agreed that we should go for a short drive to see if I could drive safely. Then, somewhere, the universe cackles in response and spits out some more evil nonsense.
"When he found out his wife was ill on 27 March and after "briefly telling some officials in Number 10 what happened", Mr Cummings said he "immediately left the building, ran to my car and drove home".After a couple of hours she "felt a bit better", he said, and "there were many critical things at work, and she urged me to return in the afternoon and I did".Mr Cummings said he realised the family would have been left without childcare in London if, like his wife, he had fallen ill, so they decided to drive to County Durham that evening.BBC Newsnight's policy editor Lewis Goodall tweeted that the "crux of the issue" is whether he "abused" the guidelines by doing so. He should have never allowed this situation with a member of his staff. So Boris must’ve done something worse that putting his penis inside a pig’s head, because this level of ride or die that he’s doing for Dominic Cummings is unlike anything mentioned in 50 Cent’s 21 questions.We thought the best person to reassure everyone that Dominic Cummings was telling the truth would be Gavin Williamson, the man sacked for leaking security information then lying about it.If there's a bright side we can take from this, it's that we now have a Prime minister called BJ that is embroiled in How much does a tory have to fuck up to lose the Daily Mail?
"He said: "My wife was very worried, particularly as my eyesight seemed to have been affected by [Covid-19]. The Tories have always lived by one rule for us working-class scum and another rule for the rich and powerful. Every now and then, as this pandemic continues to engulf every aspect of our lives, I think, rather naively, that things maybe can’t get any worse.
"Many people, including some Conservative MPs, have called for Mr Cummings to be sacked for making his car journey just four days after the lockdown started, while Labour said he had "clearly broken the rules".But Mr Cummings told reporters: "I don't think I am so different and that there is one rule for me and one rule for other people. Dominic Cummings' rose garden confessional was a bold move designed to take the drama out of a crisis.But giving detailed answers to why he at the very least broke the spirit of the lockdown rules does not answer the fundamental question now - is his continued presence in Downing Street more of a hindrance than a help to Boris Johnson?Tempers may have cooled slightly on the Conservative backbenches, but there are still calls for him to go, both private and public.And some senior Conservative MPs are still aghast at how much political capital the prime minister has burned through to keep Mr Cummings at his side. Media caption Dominic Cummings' full statement on lockdown row. She did not want to risk a nearly 300-mile drive with our child, given how ill I had been. But hey, accountability doesn’t exist anymore.
But in Westminster and beyond, it will not disappear overnight.And when the prime minister is interrogated by senior MPs on Wednesday his decisions over Dominic Cummings will surely be on the list.He said his sister and his nieces, who live on his parents' land, had offered to look after his four-year-old son if necessary.Mr Cummings himself became ill the day after arriving in County Durham, with symptoms including a headache and fever.He said he had isolated in a cottage around 50 metres from his parents' home but did not have any contact with the couple, in their 70s, other than shouted conversations.He added that, while he had not informed the prime minister - who himself caught coronavirus - before he drove north: "I did actually speak to him later but neither of us can remember what was said because we were both in pretty bad shape. These are external links and will open in a new windowThe prime minister's chief adviser Dominic Cummings has said he does not regret driving 260 miles from London during the coronavirus lockdown.He revealed he had not told Boris Johnson when he decided to take his family to County Durham after his wife developed Covid-19 symptoms.Mr Cummings said he believed he had acted "reasonably" and within the law.Mr Johnson said he understood "the confusion, anger and pain" felt and people "needed to hear" from his aide.He added that Mr Cummings had acted "reasonably" and with "integrity and care for others", but Labour and the Liberal Democrats accused both men of double standards.Meanwhile, the government said the number of deaths among people who have tested positive for coronavirus, in all settings, had risen by 121 to 36,914.Mr Cummings has faced several days of attacks in the media, with many people, including some Conservative MPs, calling for him to go.Speaking in a press conference in the Downing Street rose garden - requested by the prime minister - he said he wanted to "clear up the confusions and misunderstandings".He added that, despite days of criticism in the press, he had not considered resigning, saying: "I don't regret what I did.
"The prime minister has failed to act in the national interest. "But Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner said the hour-long Downing Street press conference had been "painful to watch". Opposition leaders still intend to push for his departure.The man respected by Mr Johnson for judging the public mood has made himself famous for falling foul of that opinion.His explanations may ease for some of the anger. Also, This is also the man who was reportedly the leading force behind the British government’s initial COVID-19 policy of herd immunity. "Mr Cummings also said his son had suffered a "bad fever" on 2 April. "A spokesman for the Labour Party added those hoping for an apology had "got none".Acting Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey urged Mr Johnson to sack Mr Cummings, adding: "His refusal to have the decency to apologise is an insult to us all. "SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford MP echoed that sentiment, saying Mr Johnson had "no option" but to sack Mr Cummings, and his failure to do "is a gross failure of leadership".Victoria faces new measures after virus cases spike, with a curfew being composed in Melbourne.