1) so there& #39;s not really any doubt that the Cummings story doesn& #39;t add up, and has been constructed to match info in the public domain

The day trip story is ludicrous (The best take is he put a 4 year old at risk)

Feasibly neither he, his wife or child even had Covid-19

2) there& #39;s no real question that he broke the rules, or that if everyone with kids followed his example there& #39;d be 1000s more dead now

There& #39;s no question that this government is prepared to put saving him over the public health

3) there& #39;s *absolutely* no doubt that more people will die because of this government& #39;s actions today, and that they think the public are fools

This is a looking glass moment. A number of people (Tory MPs & commentators) would prefer to say black is white & case is closed

4) the alternative is that the Tories lose power, and they cannot have that

The only question is will @Peston @BethRigby @GaryGibbonBlog @maitlis and others let them get away with it? Will our media fight this, or just move on?

5) today was just the latest shameful exercise in shutting down debate & avoiding scrutiny, presenting a made up story designed to be just enough to get us to "move on"

If they get away with this, they will get away with anything