love* in the time of plague (and by love* i mean brexit* and other dreary matters of uk politics)

That story set off a few alarm bells tbh. He thought he saw Dominic Cummings, so he took a note of part of his car registration, then somehow googled Cummings' actual car registration and that's how he knows it was Cummings?

Yeah, can see how a forensic lawyer would drive a coach and horses through that.

Cummings into No10

— Rob Powell (@robpowellnews) May 24, 2020

hes president for life now

That story set off a few alarm bells tbh. He thought he saw Dominic Cummings, so he took a note of /part/ of his car registration, then somehow googled Cummings' actual car registration and that's how he knows it was Cummings?

Despite everything the Boris brand is still pretty strong and the idea that Gove could command the same level of support from across the country feels borderline delusional.

Boris's brand isn't going to take much of a hit from this. Cummings is pretty much a safety valve, don't know if they'll ditch him or not, it can be useful to have someone to take the hits.

They also have a big majority, can't see any of this being relevant whatsoever any time soon - there'll very likely be a leadership challenge and they'll dump him but not this year or next

They've got no-one who could beat Johnson in a popularity contest. More likely Johnson is eventually forced to resign himself but he's also their greasiest pig.

also he's been dead for a month

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-05-24/dominic-cummings-departure-only-matter-of-time-robert-peston/

Not sure Bobby P would be sticking his neck out with this one if there wasn't a significant chance of him going.

And there is a second ticking time bomb, say ministers. They fear a member of the public may file a complaint to Durham police alleging Cummings broke the Health Protection Regulations - which the police would be obliged to investigate.

lol!

today’s had it all but my highlight has been dominic cummings leaving his house with a finding nemo ball, a film all about a stupid cunt who endangers his family, friends and neighbours by breaking simple rules and travelling long distances not once but twice pic.twitter.com/dAmXr4ur6e

— harry moore (@Harry_Moore_) May 23, 2020

What is the procedure for filing a complaint to the police? Asking for a friend.

I would be amazed if they hadn't had hundreds of complaints already.

The idea of shopping somebody to the police is of course repualsive but these are the cunts who set the police loose on people sitting mind their own business on park benches etc.

They've got no-one who could beat Johnson in a popularity contest

Not right now, makes no sense to shift him. 2023 may be a different story but its fantasy to think anyone is going to make any kind of move this year

grant shapps is developing quite the lockdown bouffant

i resent that reading of Finding Nemo tbh

if you've got to slander a pre-teen fish just to make your lame comedy point then fuck you

nah everyone's a cunt, cunt cunt cunt

it's quite amusing to see Kinnock trending again and becoming an unwilling pawn in a culture war where nobody actually gives a shit about him!

reluctantly flagged imago for calling Nemo a cunt

gentlemen you can’t clown fish in here this is the finding nemo discussion

nemo got into trouble for touching a butt, probably quite relatable to most politicians

butt fish (2019)

anyway clearly the correct analogy for Dom is Dory since he doesn't remember where he's been

Dora the unexplorer

grant shapps is developing quite the lockdown bouffant

If you were all looking for a bit of light relief Larry Elliott has written about the potential for a property crash.

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This van has just turned up outside Dominic Cummings house @SkyNews pic.twitter.com/TVhmlWI9zN

— Sam Holder (@samholdertv) May 24, 2020

oh no

can't click that, sorry

im led by donky

Megamind is on Channel 4 right now what a coincidence of scheduling.

Led by flipping wallies

surely you meant twat-trumpeting cockwombles or something?

As soon as it is confirmed Brooker and Iannuci luvs Labour again, a golden era of hilarious effusive swearing shall begin

speaking of which

Just saw Charlie Brooker dunking on Matt Hancock. Must have been galling for Brooker to have voted for him

— Rosewood Shoehorn (@apiarism) May 23, 2020

Can't stand LedByDonkeys, but if they can continue to restrict their activities to petty trolling I might change my mind. A bit.

xp Rupa Huq is his sister in law, and possibly constituency MP.

Dominic Cummings being described as part of a self-serving and out of touch elite - uluv2seeit.

... just been described as such, more or less, by Peter Bone LOL.

the fact that you can't model for the effect that this will have on behaviours could be used as a good example of the limits of modelling

BREAK: Boris Johnson is chairing 5pm news conference at No 10.

— Joe Pike (@joepike) May 24, 2020

Omg

*prepares brick*

it would be awful if boris suffered a fatal covid-related pulmonary embolism in front of the assembled press pack

This only goes two ways, I think: a big defence which burns the entire public health message away trying to defend the indefensible and so ends up literally killing people, or a sacking.

If it is a sacking then the questions all become “what did you know and when, PM?”

(I guess he could also try a “poor Dom hounded by the unfair campaigning press” but that move just doesn’t work when the people are against it. And this isn’t abstract expenses. People have absolutely gone through the exact same scenario Cummings did, and chose differently)

Can't imagine he would announce the sacking of Cummings on live TV. So...

could try to kick it into the long grass w/some sort of inquiry nonsense too I guess

“i will be suspending him, with pay, until this blows over”