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So Cummings chose to go back to Downing St after seeing his sick wife, and knowing PM had Covid 19.
"For years I& #39; ve warned about dangers of Pandemics." This explanation has already got worse.
"ARGUABLY this was a mistake." Oh mate.
"We agreed to go for a short drive to see if I would be ok. We drove for about HALF AN HOUR." Actually seeing inside Dominic Cummings head and the cavalier risk taking. Who thought this news conference would be a good idea?
Is someone keeping a tally of just how many times and how many lockdown laws and rules (including the Highway Code) Cummings has already admitted to having broken?
On people& #39;s belief that he broke Lockdown laws and rules: "I understand these views, but I respectfully disagree." And there we have it.
Both PM and Cummings can agree that neither of them remember what they said in a key conversation.
"I don& #39;t regret what I did. Reasonable people may disagree." Actual quote.
"Arguably it was a mistake.. but I have to make decisions like that every day." There it is again.
With my Newswatch head on, on behalf of viewers everywhere: ASK SHORT CLEAR QUESTIONS. JUST ONE AT A TIME.
Cummings now explaining his "default mode".
Asked if he owes the public an apology, Cummings repeats his line: "I behaved reasonably and legally as I said."
Wait, Cummings has said something is "regrettable". But it turms out he means media coverage and nothing to do with his behaviour.
"No i did not consider it." Resigning, he means.
Did I miss who gave him the "expert medical advice" that made him decide to drive around the nation? Was it a member of Sage?
The driving around for HALF AN HOUR when his eye sight was "weird" to see if he was safe to drive is actually his reasonable explanation. I have to confess this is really freaking me out.
"Although we were both ill I couldn& #39;t look after a 4 year old. My wife could." Think about that admission.
He won& #39;t apologise but he feels "extreme sympathy" for single parents. The weird thing is that the press he accuses of being to blame for the whole row are offering him a way out here - to say sorry.
"I didn& #39;t think it right to expose anyone to a deadly disease" says Cummings on his decision not to seek help in London but to drive instead to Durham.
Cummings: "I wanted to come back and help with the whole disaster." I think it& #39;s fair to say you& #39;ve done just that.
Cummings has described his wife being "close not to be able to look after" his child as an extreme emergency.
Cummings again emphasising that he& #39;s written LOADS about the danger of pandemics. Now where have I heard the "I& #39;ve written about.." as a claim of expertise before?
Well outstanding questions are:
When did PM & No10 team 1st know about the trip to Durham?(given PM had tested positive others wd hv been involved)
Who gave you the "expert medical advice"?
Why didn& #39;t your wife drive?
Why couldn& #39;t you look after your own son if she was sick?
When did PM & No10 team 1st know about the trip to Durham?(given PM had tested positive others wd hv been involved)
Who gave you the "expert medical advice"?
Why didn& #39;t your wife drive?
Why couldn& #39;t you look after your own son if she was sick?
Oh and one more question for Dominic Cummings: WHY COULDN& #39;T YOU WORK FROM HOME? (I suspect the answer is quite revealing about the way No 10 is run)
