Dominic Cummings going going ..................

[SydneyRover]

GONE

''Boris Johnson's top aide Dominic Cummings quits''

https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/boris-johnson-s-top-aide-dominic-cummings-quits-20201113-p56edj.html

[Donnywolf]

Should never have had the luxury of resignation. Barnard Castle should and would have done for him in any previous Government I have lived through

I wonder if that has been his ultimate undoing because there are still half the population who bring it up whenever the Students celebrate going into lockdown by having a late night gathering for instance. Those watching on (53 per cent or more I would guess) will still say something like "well if Cummings could do that" why would they not think that was wrong ?

So I just wonder if he is putting his foot down / reading the riot act etc and MP's who after all WERE elected by the people have been muttering similar things under their breath but gradually getting braver ? I dont know and I dont suppose anyone will unless someone blows the lid on it (or some of you see it surface in 30 years time via Cabinet papers)

Might be a crock of s**t as well and so wont appear anywhere but here LOL

[SydneyRover]

Personally I think things are getting a bit too uncomfortable and he is taking this opportunity to absolve himself from the UK covid disaster.

[Donnywolf]

Probably nearer to the truth - ironic given their stance on "truth" but I bet he will be rewriring blogs a la 1984 to make it LOOK like he had this exit strategy all along

Liar Johnson should have fired him post Barnard Castle but as a little boy lost he darent

[SydneyRover]

I just hope that this leads to better government from No10 they are there for another 3 years so they may as well have a go and do it properly.

Just kidding johnson doesn't know how to govern.

[Donnywolf]

Underwhelming , spinning and outright lying by the Minister of 3 names Grant Shapps / Michael Green / Sebastian Fox on Sky 233 at the moment

FFS do they THINK not one of us can think for ourselves and see right through their horse s**t

Watch it back if you can - "advisors come and go but the PM DECIDES"  amongst his most laughable comments however DONT hold anything in your hand if you might throw it at your TV

Remember who this bloke is as well. Suing a Constituent for Libel and getting him to apologise for having the nerve to say Shapps had 2 jobs (against the rules for an MP then) and was pretending to be Michael Green, In the end the Constituent was proven right but is still way out of pocket years later SO dont believe anything Shapps might say (Google the story - and if you are a 57% er it will make your p**s boil)

[Donnywolf]

I forgot the best bit - when exposed as a TOTAL LIAR Shapps apologised with that brilliant phrase (how COULD I have forgotten it" ..... yes I was guilty of "over firmly" denying the allefation FFS

This is the piece of s**t he really is

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/mar/21/grant-shapps-dean-archer-legal-action-michael-green

[SydneyRover]

love your posts wolfie

[Donnywolf]

Thanks - but like my Tweets @Canals1de they fall metaphorically on deaf ears, they are supposed to be cathartic but in truth are just the opposite

I rant and rave to nobody because most people have their own unchangeable views anyway - and I doubt even one person has looked at any Tweet or post on here and think "that bloke has a point" and I have changed my view of the Government beacuse of him

Some of them SHOULD (again imo) change their view of that Liar Shapps after they read the above link and ask how he was allowed to cling on by Cameron after such wrongdoing and survive till now to lord it over us AND expects to be believed when he comes on and gives us the latest Govt spiel

Shapps Green or Fox you are a disgrace and should be nowhere near a Government ffs

[Axholme Lion]

There are very few MPs on either side of the H of C who are worth urinating on if they were on fire. Hardly any of them have ever had a proper job and have no interest in the welfare of the British people.

[IDM]

Does anyone else think that the timing of Cummings’ departure is deliberate to deflect from the very likely prospect of no deal with brexit.?

So he buggers off rather than staying around to take responsibility and accountability for the mess he has left.

[SydneyRover]

That and other things IDM they are a bunch of cowards

[EasyforDennis]

Well we all know this hasn't got anything to do with the Blond Bullshiter. It just shows the state of this government when it takes the mother of one of the PM's kids to get rid of Cummings

[tyke1962]

To me this is the Tories reigning in Number 10 and getting their seat back at the table .

What the feck its got to do with the women who lives above the shop with Johnson is anybody's guess .

In my opinion this leaves Johnson now massively exposed and he won't last too much in to the new year .
Yet more evidence of a corrupt government totally out of its depth at the very time you need leadership and competence .

I expect Gove to be making his move before too long .

[BillyStubbsTears]

I have to admit, this has fallen apart faster than I expected, but this was bound to happen sooner or later.

But now what?

For all his unpleasantness and his arrogance, at least Cummings had an intellectual vision of where the Govt should be leading the country.

What have we got left now? The PM who became PM through the carnage wrought by Brexit can give us Brexit. And then what? What vision does Johnson have for where the country should go?

[MachoMadness]

The less grip the Vote Leave grifter gang has over the country, the better in my opinion.

[i_ateallthepies]

Where are the swivel eyed tory apologists when you want a rock solid explanation of what's happening in government?

[albie]

Cummings was always going to leave once the brexit case was resolved.

Now that it is imminent, he can leave Coco and the cabinet of no talent to drown in the shitstorm to come early next year.

Brexit fallout and the Covid cock-ups should do for Johnson with the Tory Mp's, and I expect Gove will stab the buffoon in the back once he is mired.

Coco was always a disposable frontman for the Leave lobby.
Cummings the delivery man, because Coco is not up to it when it comes to anything serious.

Doris was set up to fail once the election hurdle was crossed. The takeover of the Tory Party by the extreme right needed him as temporary cover.

Keep your eye on the arse zit Gove, that is where the danger lies!

[Donnywolf]

They are already spinning it to praise Johnson - as in - he has heard and seen enough infighting and has put his foot down and got rid of the protagonists

99 % of other people commenting though say - what the hell will he do now - which is probably a good question

Best Cartoon showed him throwing away his crutches (Cain under one arm and that "thing" under his other) he then throws them away to one side and is next seen falling flat on his face and finally face down with blood pouring from his head

[tyke1962]

Trouble with these characters is that they are very good at campaigning , capturing the mood and picking fights but haven't the stomach for governing the country which they find boring .

Saying that the Tories have an incredible ability to replace someone who is even worse .

You thought Cameron was the worst PM ever until May came along ..... followed by Johnson !!! .

We may have seen nowt yet .

[albie]

It is worthwhile to keep an eye on the networks of influence, helpfully set out here;
https://twitter.com/davies_will/status/1327193925854121984/photo/1

Think of it as a medieval court, with rival interests manipulating to gain favour.
I cannot see Cummings choosing to go as anything other than a strategic move, designed to offer a longer term gain in the changes to come.

You have to start from the assumption that all the runners and riders have no ethical base.
The only core belief shared is in the pursuit of power for its own sake.
They are deeply disturbed.

[Juddy]

Left Downing Street with immediate effect

[5minstogo]

Gone!

[IDM]

Over a year late too..

[BillyStubbsTears]

You're giving him too much credit Albie.

He has draped himself in the reputation of being a strategic genius. He isn't. He's an egomaniac who has had some successes, but who cannot face being told he's not in charge. He'd been put in his box in a palace power struggle and he's not accepting that. There's no strategy in this, he's just flounced out in a hissy fit.

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

Who will replace him? Will they be any better, worse????

[BillyStubbsTears]

Difficult to see how you do replace him. There's never been a role quite like it. We've never had a de facto, unelected Prime Minister before.

[Filo]

I have a picture in my head of Johnson wandering aimlessly around No. 10 wondering how he’s going to do the job of PM now

[IDM]

https://images.app.goo.gl/ZExfbqq2Xkfy4eoZ6

[MachoMadness]

A spiteful little weasel to the last. Making sure to leave no10 by the front door with a box in hand for the photos, like a bad sitcom. He knows what he's doing there. One last middle finger, to who, I'm not sure.