#Cummings

Duncan Field

FieldDuncan

A short thread on what the media didn’t seem to pick up in the Rose Garden earlier this afternoon. #CummingStatement Cummings was quoting from the Guidance for households with possible

Connor McQuade

ConMcQ

[Thread] I make absolutely no apologies for the RTs in regards to the Dominic Cummings situation. It has deeply enraged me. I will detail why in thread.Currently I live with

Robert Saunders

redhistorian

Good piece, as ever, by @NickCohen4 on the collapse of meritocracy. Though I'd see it slightly differently: I think Cummings passionately believes that he is *constructing* a meritocracy, in a

Jo Maugham

JolyonMaugham

Enough is enough. Along with @CarolineLucas, @Debbie_abrahams and @LaylaMoran, @GoodLawProject has launched legal action against Government for its persistent and unlawful failure to disclose details of its billions of COVID-related

Alex Wickham

alexwickham

No10 says Dominic Cummings and Ben Warner are not "on" SAGE or members of SAGE. Oh On the record from No10 spokesperson: “Public confidence in the media has collapsed during

John Bull

garius

A lot of us journos who knew Boris from his city hall days have said this since the beginning.Boris likes the IDEA of leadership more than leading. Same as he

Dylan Spielman

DylanSpielman

My thoughts on the @LabourTogether report: very good at diagnosing the reasons for losing, but unlike comparable reports that led to victory, it leaves a gap for a coherent electoral

Jo Maugham

JolyonMaugham

Again and again I am told 'we dare not challenge Government because it will punish us'. This climate of fear it has created, to avoid challenge. It now (1) argues

David Powles

David_Powles

My biggest fear in the #Cummings scandal is that it will lead people - tired, emotional and rightly angry - to take it as justification to ease up on adhering

Crystal moth

Prolapsarian

I think I was wrong. I thought that people in the government understood some of the science and just took a different, somewhat more maverick view. But now I am

Rob Powell

robpowellnews

Around 12 hours since the Cummings story broke & no official response from No10 (despite requests). Just anon briefings from allies who say Cummings & his wife went to Durham

Paul Regan

sherbetsaucers

The BBC replaced @maitlis in tonight episode of @BBCNewsnight because of a ‘breach of impartiality rules’ during Monday’s opening monologue. Is this true, or are the BBC politics team a

Helen Scholar

drhelenscholar

On 25 April Cummings' wife was broadcast on BBCR4 talking about her family's experience of the virus. I heard it and was a little surprised at her getting air time

davidallengreen

davidallengreen

My guided tour of Dominic Cummings' statementAudio-visualAt @FT, no paywallhttps://www.ft.com/video/e82b5a00-3ad5-4d2c-9703-ff14942aa5b1Brilliant editing/production job by @tomhannen - not least as I had no script or notes, straight to

Holger Hestermeyer

hhesterm

The government has now changed the story of Dominic Cummings trip from one about an individual violating the law to one about the rule of law. And as there’s a

Carole Cadwalladr

carolecadwalla

Failing to hold Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson to account: what I learned. You have to act now. After the event is after the event. You’ll be told to ‘move