10 minutes of Dominic Cummings rinsing the Tories at the Covid Inquiry

Dominic Cummings had the guts of a working day to explain just how impossible it was to work with Conservative ministers during the pandemic.
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[@jamessteel9016]

He’s far from a hero, but his description of the Tories were spot on.

[@howardosborne8647]

It really applies to ALL politicians. Not one of them is trustworthy or has integrity no matter which political club they have membership of....The system is in tatters.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Zero hero to nothing.

[@piccalillipit9211]

EXACTLY

[@beaulieuc8910]

Agreed

[@ZooScott]

a man who combs his hair with balloons is not fitting for purpose ; 🆘 🏴‍☠️’s…💥:

[@Louisejames23]

I'd say he was spot on about Wancock. How that bloke isn't in jail is a joke.

[@comrade171]

Exactly, he lied so he can't hide behind incompetence

[@CreatingChaos]

A tragedy

[@maxhindmarch252]

Are you serious. Covid was a once in a century/lifetime event. Giving someone jail time for trying their best to navigate something that no one could have ever predicted or prepared for is ridiculous

[@richplant2205]

@@maxhindmarch252he lied, people died because of his incompetence, it’s tantamount to corporate manslaughter

[@zefft.f4010]

@@maxhindmarch252Not really. Incompetence can be cause for punitive action in some cases. Perhaps not jail time, but there can certainly be severe consequences, especially if their incompetence leads to the death of others. This is what inquiries and investigations are for - to determine if and what consequences are warranted. Also, it was predicted. Every government in the world has been aware that a major pandemic could be a possibility in the near future for years before it hit. Woefully few of them did anything about it.

[@MrMulrine]

The defence of "I wasn't misogynistic, I'll call anyone a cunt" is reasonable and also hilarious

[@immir6647]

That's how it came across as well. He called his male colleagues worse. The thing is I can emphasize with Cummings about shitty bosses and incompetent co-workers so can most people and most of us at one time or another have had loud thoughts that sound just like Cummings watsapp messages

[@souvikrc4499]

This is literally a line that could have come out of "The Thick of It".

[@nemojedermann2845]

So his defence against hating women is that he hates everyone! Perfect for a Tory government 👏

[@raymondwebb2029]

Well aren't they then that's the truth

[@ajw9533]

True story. I am a teacher. A Year 9 girl (13 years old) checked the news on her i pad during a lesson yesterday. "Top aide says Johnson was not fit to be PM," she said. Then, "I could've told them that." Most amusing.

[@iielysiumx5811]

I respect his brutal honesty and actually answering questions

[@anjiedavie6792]

How do we know he's being honest? It feels more like revenge to me. Did we, as a country, fare much worse than other nations? That was a serious question as I don't know the answer. I can imagine that there were many headless chickens but I suspect that Cummings may have been one of them. I'm not sticking up for Boris because I don't think he was an ideal PM by any means. But Cummings fills me with bile. Sorry and all that!

[@mickmaphari6606]

It's not honesty, it's sour grapes. Cummings wanted more power than he could handle, or that he was constitutionally entitled to. Cummings is just a cleverer liar than Johnson ever was.

[@clivet3252]

@@anjiedavie6792 exactly, he was the devil now he has nasty things to say about Boris and the same people who loathed him suddenly lap him up, it's pathetic. This whole inquire is a pathetic bitchfest and an insult to the people who died and their families. The tabloid media just lap up the bitching and backstabbing but there's no answers here.

[@maxhaughton1964]

I'm pretty familiar with his work, don't think he's being particularly tactical here. Reasonably honest.

[@seanki98]

Well, apart from his own behaviour

[@tt-ew7rx]

Great quotes: "the pandemic does not fit the PM's skillset", "orgy of narcissism", "no words". No words really.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Boris has no skill set, apart from writing crap in a Bullendon manner for the Daily Wail.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

@@huwzebediahthomas9193 How about getting a six figure from GB News ? I wish my skill set was so bad.

[@helveticaification]

@@huwzebediahthomas9193 Fairground huckster.

[@helveticaification]

@@jjefferyworboys8138 He's just found yet another parcel of rogues - Quelle surprise! (That's French. Even Bodger knows that.)

[@iangascoigne8231]

@@jjefferyworboys8138It’s nothing to do with a skill set, unless you include lying, as to why GB News has employed him. It suits their purpose.

[@danremenyi1179]

Every Tory should be ashamed that they allow Johnson to be their leader. And then they appointed Truss!!!! And they had to rig their own internal electoral arrangements to get Sunak. There isn't much talent in politics today but the Tory front bench since May's day has been extraordinarily awful.

[@julianwarr7246]

His attire is very interesting - and very considered on his part. Looks like he's been told that he's expected to wear a formal shirt and tie. He is wearing a formal shirt and tie - the shirt is ostentatiously crumpled and unironed. His cufflinks appear to be being worn back to front. I read this as a calculated F*** You to the enquiry. He doesn't respect it and he's signalling that he's not scared or overawed by it. He thinks that he's the smartest guy in the room. He's *special* - and we should be grateful that he's deigned to turn up at all.

[@brendanoneil3489]

yes I noticed that, ' I'm here but couldn't be arsed to iron the shirt'. I hate this 'smart / scruffy' look, would prefer it if he'd turned up in a SlipknoT hoodie.

[@AleisterCrowley.]

I was more interested in what he was saying. But that is an excellent picture you paint, for whatever reason.

[@NineInchTyrone]

A big FU

[@eddcosterton5531]

There is no fitness test for PM, it's a popularity contest

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

As it always has been and always will.

[@royboy565]

It all depends on how gullible you are Johnson was a proven liar yet enough gullible people voted for him. 44%of those that voted voted for the biggest charlatan ever to hold office.

[@jamesmoss5675]

So maybe the issue is the voters? and the rabid political activists on both sides who all think they know best and everyone else is either stupid or evil. We need to demand better candidates somehow

[@matthewgorman1307]

I wish you were wrong.

[@jamesmoss5675]

@@matthewgorman1307 as do I sadly

[@SeeDeeSea]

I don't know how the lawyer keeps a straight face when he reads Cummings's insults.

[@beaulieuc8910]

Lol

[@berylanjous6932]

That’s what I was thinking. All is being revealed as they all scramble like rats to cover their own backs. It’s like when thieves fall out.

[@fbridge]

Because Hugh is a professional and to laugh at Cummings' childish, theatrical, unhinged outbursts during this inquiry would be disrespectful to the quarter of a million people who may have died unnecessarily and their families - ie you & me..

[@brendanoneil3489]

Was it just me laughing out loud there? great delivery with that perfect upper class English on the C word. I'm glad this is not getting bleeped out, even BBC has it live with a language warning.

[@Relisysification]

Hate the man, hate the entire reason this is needed, but can't help but laugh at the demure posh way the chair says "You called them Useless Fuckpigs"

[@poplife123]

He's as guilty as the rest of them .....he's no hero

[@Fyn123]

He’s just enjoying a further 5mins of fame while they all fan his ego.

[@blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311]

He didn't have the final say. People like Hancock and Johnson did.

[@adampowell5376]

I don't think that Johnson should be working as a journalist. I think he should retire from public life.

[@Tumbleweedenthusiast]

Take public out of the sentence and I'd agree.

[@adampowell5376]

@@Tumbleweedenthusiast I won't go as far as that. I am determined not to indulge in hatred.

[@keepitreal1547]

He should be behind bars, for life.

[@HuplesCat]

He should be on trial for enabling stealing of tax money.

[@adampowell5376]

@@HuplesCat How much evidence is there of that? The wheels of justice seem to be moving slowly. At least he is out of Parliament.

[@cloudyskies1323]

I think DC was kind in his insults. It was clear during the daily briefing and other interviews that the cabinet was not organised or aligned.

[@Simon.0000]

This needs to be in the international criminal court . They all were responsible for every crime they commited

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Phone OFCOM dear, the BBC just said 'kunt', and we haven't had our lunch yet. 🤪😁😁😁

[@howardosborne8647]

😂😂😂🤣

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

@@howardosborne8647 🙂👍

[@johnlesoudeur3653]

I kunt possibly do that dear...we haven't paid the licence fee this year.

[@AlGorithm-n6q]

"I just wanted to say to you, by way of introductory remarks, that I'm extremely miffed about today's events, and in my quest to try and make you understand the level of my unhappiness, I'm likely to use an awful lot of what we would call 'violent sexual imagery', and I just wanted to check that you wouldn't be terribly offended by that."

[@VultureUk-Rich]

There all throwing each other under the bus he said she said kind of thing wow nice friendships in parliament aye lol 🤣🤣

[@johnsmith8906]

Anyone else laugh fit to bust at the use of the term "fuckpig"?

[@julianwarr7246]

Yeah

[@rollyunicorn]

He must've been thinking about Cameron.

[@andrewhamilton6677]

The entire period of UK politics between 2016 and 2022 (though its not much better now) will go down as undoubtedly the worst in modern history. How on earth those "in charge" have not been held to account is astonishing. The fact that they have been allowed to walk away and burnish their bank accounts on the back of the "fame" garnered from being in positions of power is disgusting. They should be made to work for the most deserving charities for minimum wage for at least the next 20 years....and i say all this as someone who once voted Tory (not after 2015). Appalling

[@Stuark54]

How did no one burst out laughing? 😂

[@piccalillipit9211]

*I HATE THIS MAN* but I truly believe he was the only person ACTUALLY trying to save lives, and the only one with any intelligence in No10

[@Validifyed]

He clearly had a lot of well intention-ed ideas about reworking the civil service into a modern and efficient machine, but he also only seems to have got half the job done before cabinet politics ruined it all, leaving the UK with a half destroyed civil service. Multiple ex cabinet members have come out over the years now, saying that the current state of the civil service is woefully unequipped for the modern state of British Politics.

[@GWills-ys6rd]

I COMPLETELY DISAGREE!

[@bereal6590]

No, he was the architect of brexit and that's all he cared about

[@Alex-cw3rz]

He didn't do a very good job at it then

[@simonn2045]

None of them cared, don't fall for the image he's trying to portray here they're all as guilty as each other, Cummings probably moreso as he created the Boris government

[@tntfilm3622]

Dominic Cummings got the man in the top job - even if he LIKED the guy, he shouldn't be let off the hook. If these are his real feelings - then it's even more grotesque.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Dominic certainly doesn't get irony. Look at his shirt! Looks like it hasn't seen an iron ever.

[@johnlesoudeur3653]

No one irons anymore lol. Crease resistant material is used.

[@Coco-uk9tv]

​@@johnlesoudeur3653His shirt's clearly not crease resistant though is it?

[@timhall3575]

Not sure the irony is plugged in for john @@Coco-uk9tv

[@SatansRoyalBoner]

That's your takeaway from this?

[@TheBanana93]

Plenty of people iron because they are nuts. Why people care about creases so much is beyond me@@johnlesoudeur3653

[@UdoBloss]

Gollum now reveals why he wanted the ring, so badly.

[@marieburns118]

He was most definitely saying what the rest of us were thinking. I believe Cummings helped put him there and will loose sleep for the rest of his life for that sin. Can we just forget how he speaks because let's face it we all talk like that when faced with evil incompetent a holes like Doris. The questioner seems more concerned with the way he speaks and not the substance of what he is actually revealing.

[@trevfindley]

The only thing Cummings will lose sleep over is that he made such a cock up of (hopefully) his only chance to grab power and prestige for himself. To think he has any conscience about the wider effects on the country or its citizens is naive in the extreme...

[@antonywilliams5703]

I don't believe a lying douchebag like Cummings would lose a single wink of sleep over this.

[@thomaskelly9488]

Imagine all those people voting him in.😊

[@hubadabubbada]

They're all complaining in the comments, bunch of zombies easily persuaded by anyone holding a pint of beer.

[@thomaskelly9488]

@@hubadabubbada what are you immoderately talking aboot??

[@hubadabubbada]

@@thomaskelly9488 Im discussing the general publics naiveity when confronted with marketing campaigns potraying politicians as being relatable.

[@thomaskelly9488]

I say again What are u talking aboot

[@thomaskelly9488]

Are yey suffrin frae Some form of Substance abuse For sure

[@hadb9084]

Can we the people ask for an investigation into the finances of all those originally involved in the COVID laws and regulations , those who decided what was to happen during the pandemic as well please? After all this one just asks who was right who was wrong and what naughty words were said. But this investigation will prove nothing that will really help the public regain trust in government officials.

[@neilmckechnie6638]

The trouble with Public Inquiries is that the government sets the terms of reference to make sure that individuals responsible are never properly held Personally Accountable, which confirms that we do not have an effective Rule of Law

[@hadb9084]

@@neilmckechnie6638 yep money talks and shit walks.

[@MotoHikes]

Better anti-hero arc than any anime

[@jallen911]

I love how he talks about his ex colleagues as if they were the problem when he was Boris’ chief advisor 😂😂 what a tool

[@paulc180]

OMG we need a new party as soon as possible. One run by captains of industry, real businessmen who know what they are talking about.

[@FTFLCY]

That used to be The Conservative Party. Now it's the most anti-business party save the SWP.

[@ironsideeve2955]

Only one?

[@robertpennington1200]

Lets make some scapegoats so the plebs will be satisfied that it was all an "Awful mistake darling" NO MISTAKE

[@ianm1462]

I like the underplay of “We’re going to have to coarsen our language somewhat” and launching right into “f*ckpig” and “c*nt”. Somewhat? Damn, I’d hate to hear what you’d say when the gloves are off!

[@jamesgreenldn]

It’s straight from the Malcolm Tucker book of insults 😂😂

[@jamesfalconer8522]

A fkn snake of man. No scruples whatsoever.😅

[@DanA-fk6tl]

Watching this, all I can think of is Biggus Dickus...I swear I can see the lady in the background choking back the giggles.

[@fenlandwildlifeclips]

You've missed the point here: he was at the heart of this government during the pandemic. He's just trying to shift the blame. He's clearly very bitter about something & is extremely unprofessional.

[@madeovstarstuff]

Ah found a Tory nonce

[@royboy565]

He was just an advisor, he had no say on the decisions made.

[@theotherside8258]

We've had enough of people being 'professional' and keeping quiet to hide people from blame

[@ravecrab]

People keep saying this, but the WhatsApp messages from during the pandemic show that he was screaming in frustration as things happened. Cummings is a deeply unpleasant bloke but he knew Matt Hancock was a massive liability and tried his very best to get him removed. For that alone he deserves credit.

[@blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311]

@@ravecrab Totally. He put himself on the line to do the right thing. If you keep your head down when you know something is wrong just to keep your job, you're a waste of space.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

They love it when he is rude about men but a woman and the establishment has a meltdown. Hypocrisy

[@philmckay9973]

Yes, i noticed that too

[@larryfroot]

Dominic Cummins is an equal opportunities bastard.

[@HostileButHonourable]

Giving honest answers to straight questions. I don't know how to deal with that from a tory enabler.

[@fpwrankin]

Our leaders deserve Dominic's dsscription - let us hope rhey are punished accordingly! Keep up your good work Dominic!

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Why was an unelected person given so much power

[@trevfindley]

Because all the elected officials were too lazy or incompetent to do anything for themselves. Have a look back at some of the ridiculous speeches that were delivered at the Tory conference, does it seem remotely credible that the politicians did anything other than recite what was workshopped for them by inexperienced and terminally online PPE graduates (who will probably be made peers for their service). This is 100% how the government has been run for at least the last 5 or 10 years. Probably longer.

[@royboy565]

In reality he had no power, only the power to advise.

[@garymcmanus9946]

On the back of this, ive banned wattsapp at work😂

[@mohammednoor5589]

Dominic Cummings was written by Armando Ianucci

[@GerryT.]

We will see just how Pinocchio Johnson was unfit to be PM when it's his turn at this inquiry. He will try bullshitting and refusing to accept blame, but hopefully he won't get away with it and will look like the incompetent own he is, was, and always will be. I also hope they grill him and Sunak on their pathetic excuses for not handing over their WhatsApp messages. I do hope the investigators have looked at technical experts advice and show them both up as blatant liars.

[@psychotropicalresearch5653]

Dysfunctionality decrying Dysfunctionality, a morass of incompetence

[@Alex-cw3rz]

We need prison snetences from this

[@MaggieKendall-i3x]

He’s about the only one that sounds authentic. He seems to answer honestly . Not the usual hot air!!

[@rampakeshbharat1938]

he was definitely right about Hancock...

[@xkr510]

I live in Canada and follow politics all over. I have to say I am speechless at what I heard and witnessed in this video. What has happened to Britain?

[@paulastarkey9973]

Where to begin?

[@Colinl3052]

How long have you got?

[@ragerancher]

Remember, just because Cummings is spilling the beans on Johnson, that doesn't make Cummings any less of a scumbag himself. This is not his redemption.

[@bristolguy45]

Hell hath no fury lol

[@melvyn49]

The problem we have at the moment is, there is not one Politician of any Party capable of running this Country.!!!!!

[@TheMntnG]

corbyn?

[@maidmarion2976]

Absolutely

[@maidmarion2976]

Corbyn? Joking?

[@golach420]

Malcolm Tucker would be blushing. 😂

[@archiemcberry7102]

"Et tu, Brute?" Little people love to stab bigger people in the back. And of course he is the one who is without sin. Will he be in Keir's government?

[@douglasreid9922]

Why did.they not stop jim? Why did the politicians support him? They bear as much guilt as Johnson.

[@tweakerman]

It doesn't take a genius to work that one out!!!

[@alexhall7584]

He cares so much he ironed his shirt.

[@kondition-kode-nine]

All the world's a stage, and Cummings plays the 'mad genius' of political theatre. He's the 'disrupter' in this charade. Bye bye UK Democracy - you were only around for about 100 years. Now back to feudalism you serfs!

[@TC8787-yq7og]

Imagine someone working for the mafia and then complaining they were all psychopaths after it. Cummings is far from innocent in this whole pathetic affair. Anyone with half a brain knew Boris should be nowhere near high office over a decade ago.

[@PianoDentist]

Johnson looked up to Churchill, who stepped in as our war time PM, because he had the skill set after Chamberlin's resignation. In a similar way, Johnson should have given way to a more competent minister with an operational public health background, during covid. Ultimately it would have probably been better for Johnson's career overall - if we look at it from his self-preservation point oif view. I said this at the time, when it was clear that Johnson failed to act on the advice of medical professionals during the first few months of the pandemic, which could have saved lives and reduced the need for lockdowns, to one degree or another.

[@BK10011]

Without echoing comments already made about Boris, one of my biggest takes from this is the complete & utter contempt the other senior Ministers & govt in general have for us! There may be certain exaggerations here but it can’t ALL be untrue and I actually believe most of what is being said. Whilst being aware of this complete mess of a government, others stood by him, even to this day and continue to speak out for Johnson! Sunak is now our PM, Truss became PM, crashed the economy and is accountable for much of the crisis we’re now in financially, Gove continues to be a senior member of the govt, Dorries has only recently resigned, Hancock earns millions from a ‘reality tv show’ career, JRM continues to lord it around and now has a tv career adding to his income….the list goes on and on… For me, it really does prove that we are treated as 2nd class citizens, but on this occasion, the cost was many thousands of lives. Criminal cases should be brought against those who lied, who have cheated (and there are many who did) and it’s time for those who continue hiding away to be brought to justice. But let’s be honest now! Who honestly believes this will happen? The evidence has been there for yrs now & still all they do is continue to spend MORE public money on enquiries that appear to NEVER have a definitive outcome with the appropriate action taken. A complete and utter disgrace, criminals in plain sight & the world stands by and watches….

[@David.attenbruh]

Dominic Cummings looks almost broken, he’s rocking and his voice is constantly breaking.

[@emmajones7742]

It was a really difficult time and to think that all this was going on is truly mind boggling.

[@neilmckechnie6638]

Comes across as a psychopath. Never his fault. Always others to blame. Never consider his own inadequacies but quick to eviscerate others for little reason. Who did he serve? If he is part of the problem he cannot be part of the solution. It does seem to show that the system of government is fundamentally broken by design, to attempt to prevent individuals from being held Personally Accountable.

[@BurtReynolds-qp1jk]

Cummings, Johnson or both?

[@blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311]

He's obnoxious but the point is, he put himself on the line to call out incompetence and BS regardless of the consequences to himself. That's what the country needs and in spades. How he "comes across" is irrelevant.

[@gregsmith7821]

Unfit to be primeminister? 😂 No shizz Sherlock! The problem was with our electorate, who were sadly convinced otherwise.😢 Fingerscrossed they will be a little better informed next time. Fat chance!😂

[@sh3riff]

This whole thing is a waste of time and money!!! They've all got away with their corruption.

[@robhayes6121]

These are the people who govern the country 🤷‍♂️ we are in BIG trouble with these in management government.

[@pPod1231]

It appears his eyesight is ok to read his notes at least

[@gardenroom65]

He was out there by others!

[@eddjordan2399]

you put him there you drop kick!

[@aljack1979]

This is what DC has been waiting for... He hasn't played the long game.

[@lizzieatherfold2293]

Disgusting and the country suffered in their hands! Never again!

[@c5ris620]

This guy had a chance to do something about it and didn't't. He's as guilty as they are.

[@davidhillary5738]

1:47 Cummings: "I"m not a misogynist 'cos I'm always courteous to the laydeees"

[@evolassunglasses4673]

He's rude about both men and women.

[@danoneill8751]

That's not what he said, he said that he's equally rude about men and women. Its an inquiry into how covid was handled, if they were misogynistic that would be bad, but people swearing about each other in private messages happens constantly in every walk of life. Cummings doesn't come across as a pleasant man, but then people with strong opinions rarely do. Its a shame he had to use gender-specific expletives, but frankly, I'm glad someone occasionally swears about the incompetent people the public schools and monied elders of society put in charge.

[@gazza595]

@@evolassunglasses4673 So it seems a measure of "equality" in this idiots little mind is grossly insulting everybody. Vile man unworthy of being ANYWHERE near power. Johnson gave us this nightmare and needs to be held accountable for this along with his MANY other crimes.

[@blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311]

The whole misogyny allegation is a distraction away from the accurate and necessary criticisms he was making about thick, superficial, vain and useless c**ts, f**kpigs and the like.

[@CharlieL292]

It’s also part of the operation he was senior leadership within. Fella is a maniac

[@Harassed247]

Vote in clowns you get a circus. We the public deserve better, vote wisely people in the next GE.

[@kikidevine694]

How much credence can we give to his testimony when he was the one setting the policy in the first place?

[@royboy565]

He didn't set any policies.

[@kikidevine694]

@@royboy565 he was literally Boris's policy advisor

[@royboy565]

​@@kikidevine694An advisor advises, a minister decides. Cummings doesn't decide policy.

[@blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311]

@@kikidevine694 Yeah and he got fired because BJ didn't like the advice.

[@gazza595]

With language like he was using about his supposed colleagues I don't know how the lawyer can use the word "professional" in the same sentence. It gives a really clear view into this ghouls mind. In ANY other real profession with behaviour like this you would be gone instantly. I've personally shown people the door for far less. It should be remembered that Johnson put this stain on humanity in a position of massive and unwarranted power.

[@piccalillipit9211]

ALternatively, he was having to cope with tories in a pandemic - I think my language would be similar.

[@gazza595]

@@piccalillipit9211 As a "professional"? In a working environment the language you use tells people a lot about the person. I started my working life on the shop floor in a black iron foundry. That language was in constant use. I finished my career as a Director at a large company. I'd consider that type of behaviour as a good guide the person and would remove anyone with that type of character. They're corrosive. Blame Johnson, this idiot is just the messenger.

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@gazza595 Did you have a company full of Tory MP's...??? "would remove anyone with that type of character. " he was the best of them. We are not talking about comparable situations. I am assuming you worked at a professional company with intelligent professional people. The Tory party was a bunch of grown babies of extreme privilege and very limited intellect making decisions that were killing thousands of people through their own ego and stupidity. I hate Cummings, But I am pretty sure I would lose it if I were in his situation. I don't think I would have time for professionalism and niceties. I think I would be losing my mind as the only intelligent person who actually cared about saving lives. Im not making any excuses for him.

[@rollyunicorn]

@@piccalillipit9211 Spot on. Well put.

[@acelectricalsecurity]

It's interesting, all these people are prepared to squeal like pigs and point the finger at one person in order to save their own necks and then think everything is ok. This is typical of the thinking with MPs they are all as guilty as each other and should all be punished if they broke the law.

[@stevendaly3680]

This is a crime .against all the people of the country. Descrace

[@alexanderscott1466]

Sounds exactly how the prison service is run!

[@denzel270]

I look forward to the enquiry into he way the Scottish Government dealt with covid. Their lock downs and restrictions were far, far harsher than England's. I am sure this wonderfully impartial channel will report on it and judge in the same way, rather than ignore it, because this is all about the 'nasty Tories'.

[@bernardcribbins7083]

ONS figures showed 256 excess deaths per 100,000 in Scotland Vs 312 excess deaths per 100,000 in England, as of April 2022. So the data suggests you are either a) ill informed or b) feel that a temporary restriction in freedom is worse than tens of thousands of old or vulnerable people dying.

[@royboy565]

Glad you agree the tories are nasty. They have certainly proved time and time again how nasty they are.

[@SimonWallwork]

We knew what we were voting for- and we got it. Why blame Cummings?

[@royboy565]

I didn't vote for this shit show of a govt and the worst ever P M in UK history but you are right, it's not Cummings to blame.

[@matttrevers2552]

Cummings reckons he's some sort of cross between Plato, Einstein, Machiavelli and Rasputin, but really he's just an edgy teenager.

[@robertwalker1742]

The liar was unfit to even wash my car down.

[@DavidBrown-bs7gg]

The guy is a legend, shame the softies in Whitehall put the skids under him

[@kyorin6526]

I wouldn't say he's a legend, clever and a master of manipulation (Brexit), but not a legend...

[@gazza595]

Legend! only in his tiny, venomous little mind.

[@robinclarke9978]

We knew all that before, during and after his office. Why, how why he was ever pushed upwards we will probarbly never know. If they think they are as clever as the people they advocate I'm sure they are not.

[@AndrewHillis_2024]

UNFIT TO BE PRIME MINISTER AND YET HE BECAME PRIME MINISTER, HOW THE HELL IS THIS POSSIBLE ? ? ?🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@OfMaceAndMen]

Something something broken clocks

[@nancystewart5370]

Surely Boris knew (or maybe he didn’t ) what a backstabber Cummings was . They deserve one another a laughing stock .😂

[@SLX25]

He’s the only one telling the truth.

[@Edward_Hughes]

Who's the lawyer asking the questions? His voice sounds very familiar

[@antonywilliams5703]

I love the way he totally ignores the fact that he was instrumental in Boris getting the job.

[@stevendaly3680]

Question. Why are the police not involved???

[@MrRossi78]

does anyone else think they are trying to make themselves look incompetent instead of criminal?

[@CaliToTheCrowd]

where was this energy when he was party of the party...

[@user-st1mp9hu1m]

will he now open up with what was really going on with coNvID and let the general public vent their pent up anger against those who were complicit in all crimes against the UK citizens

[@zog97xy]

Love it!!!!

[@jameshill4911]

Somehow we all knew that it was and is as bad as Cummings describes this sorry period in modern Britain. These are the Conservatives. If you didn’t know. Now you know.

[@BlyatimirPootin]

Quite damning indeed

[@NoOne-hq9cp]

More theatre 🥱

[@veronicafremlin5957]

He was the best PM we have had for years no one could have delt with a pandemic Cummings is a toad

[@manephewlenny6401]

He looks like an alien.