I have stayed away from this kind of thread recently as I believe it to be a distraction from the overwhelming priority we face as a country at the moment. At this time we need to support our government and put petty political arguments aside.

However, this is about Dominic Cummings who, whilst not part of the government, is impacting their ability to act by requiring them to answer how he lives his personal life. So the distraction has been caused by him, and it needs to be ended by him.

For me, this is an open and shut case. Whatever his personal circumstances, whether his child is autistic or not, he broke the rules that we were all, at that time, required to follow. Other "advisers" caught transgressing those rules have apologised and quickly resigned. This ought to be no different.

As a separate issue, I want to see the removal of ALL special political advisers to government. I believe they are an anathema and an affront to democracy.

Political parties can employ strategists but their work needs to be in the background, doing research and working on future campaigns.

We don't want our governments driven by advisers, who in Cumming's case is essentially a marketeer with a personal vision, who then design a populist agenda.

The civil service advises the government and provides the continuity that is essential for a smooth-running economy.

If the civil service is deemed to require an overhaul and an injection of new blood and fresh ideas, then it's our elected representatives in Parliament who are the only democratic method of making that decision.

Allowing someone like Cummings to even have an ounce of influence, let alone the control he seems to have grasped, sets an awful precedent.

So although he needs to now go in any event, him going would only be the start for me. All the political advisers need to go.

But Our Glorious Leader said that it was ok for Dom as he used his instinct. Perhaps in future this will be known as the DomBo defence in court?

He broke the rules. He should pay the price regardless of whether we agree with the rules or not.

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The guy drove to his parents with his family and autistic son.

I have to say I find the reaction as loony as anything I've heard over these three months....all by a far left media, who don't do social distancing anyway....some of the biggest slimy hypocrites out there.

It doesn't matter, he's going nowhere anyway.

Edited by Stirlingsays (25 May 2020 11.04am)

I don't agree....and the truth is that most people have broken the rules during this lockdown at some point.

The rules were completely unrealistic and the media are utter hypocrites.

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Edited by Stirlingsays (25 May 2020 11.07am)

He's not an MP, although I do agree that the rules should apply to everyone equally. This clearly isn't the case with Cummings.