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 Midlands Eagle  26 May 20 4.17pm |
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[quote from BBC Website] A retired chemistry teacher who spotted Dominic Cummings in County Durham says he has some regrets over getting involved. Robin Lees told BBC Radio Newcastle it had been a “difficult few days” after his account of the encounter with Mr Cummings was initially brushed off by Downing Street, but felt “vindicated” by Mr Cummings' subsequent admission. Mr Lees said: "When I gave my name I didn't expect... it to be quite like it occurred." He said he recognised Mr Cummings after seeing him in the press. "I just know what he looks like and this person looked strikingly like him," he said. Crucially, Mr Lees remembered the number plate of a car used by Mr Cummings, wrote it down, and searched the number online. "At the time I just put it out of my mind," he said, before reading the first reports on Friday evening and emailing a Guardian journalist. The story has dominated UK politics ever since. I'm just glad that I don't have him as a neighbour Edited by Midlands Eagle (26 May 2020 4.17pm)
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| Cpfc1861 26 May 20 4.32pm |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
[quote from BBC Website] A retired chemistry teacher who spotted Dominic Cummings in County Durham says he has some regrets over getting involved. Robin Lees told BBC Radio Newcastle it had been a “difficult few days” after his account of the encounter with Mr Cummings was initially brushed off by Downing Street, but felt “vindicated” by Mr Cummings' subsequent admission. Mr Lees said: "When I gave my name I didn't expect... it to be quite like it occurred." He said he recognised Mr Cummings after seeing him in the press. "I just know what he looks like and this person looked strikingly like him," he said. Crucially, Mr Lees remembered the number plate of a car used by Mr Cummings, wrote it down, and searched the number online. "At the time I just put it out of my mind," he said, before reading the first reports on Friday evening and emailing a Guardian journalist. The story has dominated UK politics ever since. I'm just glad that I don't have him as a neighbour Edited by Midlands Eagle (26 May 2020 4.17pm) This geeza used to get his head shoved down toilets in school.
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croydon proud  Any european country i fancy! 26 May 20 4.34pm |
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Originally posted by Cpfc1861
of course your right in either case I honestly wouldn't be baying for blood because I dont think it's really that big a deal but if it was karl Marx or however you want to describe I wouldn't want him gone but I wouldn't defend him either. Truth is I think Cummings is to important for Boris to lose over something blown wildly out of proportion Fair point, i don"t have an opinion on the bloke to be fair, but someone has to " stir the pot", so to speak, and the left handers are far outweighed by the right on here, so do like to put in an alternative opinion now and again, or pick up on a really gut wrenching post, if i see one!
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| croydon proud Any european country i fancy! 26 May 20 4.35pm |
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Originally posted by Cpfc1861
This geeza used to get his head shoved down toilets in school. You mean midlands or the teacher?
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| Stirlingsays 26 May 20 4.37pm |
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Originally posted by Cpfc1861
This geeza used to get his head shoved down toilets in school. The kind of grass I was talking about. Notable that he contacted the Guardian.
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| Cpfc1861 26 May 20 4.40pm |
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Originally posted by croydon proud
Fair point, i don"t have an opinion on the bloke to be fair, but someone has to " stir the pot", so to speak, and the left handers are far outweighed by the right on here, so do like to put in an alternative opinion now and again, or pick up on a really gut wrenching post, if i see one! I think people are more pissed off at constant media witch hunts because as more and more of this story comes out the less in the wrong Cummings is looking if there have been no laws broken which is the ruling of the old bill so far then how can you call for him to resign. Of course in the current situation it's not a sensible thing to do but getting pissed in the pub and trying to shag another fellas bird isnt sensible but we've all done it.
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| Cpfc1861 26 May 20 4.42pm |
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Originally posted by croydon proud
You mean midlands or the teacher? haha the teacher. I'm not sure there are even toilets in the Midlands yet can you confirm Midlands eagle.
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 26 May 20 4.47pm |
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Originally posted by Spiderman
Probably best wait and see if Scientists are correct then Of course not! When the whole strategy has been to claim that it's based upon the science then some of it is bound to be proved incorrect as events unfold. You do what is deemed to be correct at the time and not just await hindsight to prove whether it was right or wrong. Whether the scientists like or dislike Cummings is as irrelevant as what other people have said or do. The only thing that matters is whether Johnson does what he ought to do or whether he decides to tough it out and risk the consequences. This is a critical moment in this crisis. Both for the country's ability to handle it and for Johnson's credibility. If he doesn't act he will look weak and totally dependent on an unelected official. He no doubt thinks he is demonstrating loyalty but that's not how others will see it. His loyalty needs to be to the people as a whole and not to Cummings. Now is the time for him to stand up and assert himself.
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| croydon proud Any european country i fancy! 26 May 20 4.51pm |
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Originally posted by Cpfc1861
haha the teacher. I'm not sure there are even toilets in the Midlands yet can you confirm Midlands eagle.
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| Cpfc1861 26 May 20 4.53pm |
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Originally posted by croydon proud
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Attachment: | Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 26 May 20 4.54pm |
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Originally posted by Rudi Hedman
Did they get Neil Ferguson to plug 1% mortality into that with even more junk data beforehand? We need to get people out there living and working apart from the vulnerable. This is an inadvertent upside to this ‘scandal’, so the left have helped in that regard against theirs and the media’s pro lockdown stance and the media’s difficulty in winding back the fear they’ve put on the public. I think you should look at the irresponsible media than someone who was thinking of his son and with zero evidence of any mixing with anyone whatsoever. I’d they had that I’d agree he has to go. Edited by Rudi Hedman (26 May 2020 12.22pm) You are again completely missing the point and trying to deflect and divert with whataboutery. A huge number of people faced similar personal conflicts but reluctantly followed the rules, even if they thought they were stupid or had been "whipped up" by the media. Cummings didn't. There is no excuse for that and Johnson is making an idiot of himself by trying to protect him. If he doesn't finally sack him it will cost him, and us, dearly. It's just so stupid because up to this point there had been a large amount of political consensus. This stupidity has ruined that.
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cryrst  The garden of England 26 May 20 4.56pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
Of course not! When the whole strategy has been to claim that it's based upon the science then some of it is bound to be proved incorrect as events unfold. You do what is deemed to be correct at the time and not just await hindsight to prove whether it was right or wrong. Whether the scientists like or dislike Cummings is as irrelevant as what other people have said or do. The only thing that matters is whether Johnson does what he ought to do or whether he decides to tough it out and risk the consequences. This is a critical moment in this crisis. Both for the country's ability to handle it and for Johnson's credibility. If he doesn't act he will look weak and totally dependent on an unelected official. He no doubt thinks he is demonstrating loyalty but that's not how others will see it. His loyalty needs to be to the people as a whole and not to Cummings. Now is the time for him to stand up and assert himself. So now its political then. At the start it was because he maybe broke the law.
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