Re:UK government advisor caught out by Wayback machine
by DangerousPie on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @05:43AM
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That has nothing to do with this story though. The actual scandal is that Cummings broke the law to drive hundreds of miles to his parents during lockdown, with his wife (who had covid) and child in the car. And didn't even go directly, but stopped by a local beauty spot on the way back. And now he has been coming up with flimsy excuses for this for the last few days.
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Re:UK government advisor caught out by Wayback machine
by t0ddbonzalez on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @06:28AM
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Indeed. The Scottish Chief Medical Officer was forced to resign in similar circumstances. I seem to recall the Scottish Tories calling for her head.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/apr/05/scotland-chi...
Re:UK government advisor caught out by Wayback machine
by Bantros on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @06:09AM
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He didn't break any law
Re:UK government advisor caught out by Wayback machine
by DangerousPie on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @06:21AM
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There are laws against leaving his house without a valid reason and driving with impaired eye sight, aren't there?
https://twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/12649555774715043...
Re:UK government advisor caught out by Wayback machine
by DanBC on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @06:43AM
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https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/350/regulation/6/ma...
> 6.—(1) During the emergency period, no person may leave the place where they are living without reasonable excuse.
That has to be read in conjunction with the government and crown prosecution guidance about what reasonable means, and both the Government and the Crown Prosecutuion Service are very clear: that type of travel was not allowed.
Re:UK government advisor caught out by Wayback machine
by iso1631 on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @08:39AM
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Specifically, if you or anyone in your household had symptoms, you were unable to leave your house - including for food and medicine. In any circumstances you were unable to go to a second home. One major reason for this is to ensure there was no strain on the local services - especially hospitals. Cummings caused that strain in Durham.