Cummings gets his street cordoned off
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Chris_Boro
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Can you prosecute someone for following a government guideline though?
bear66
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It's very unusual to be in these circumstances because of hastily written law, but there were concerns that the police were fining people for not following government guidelines initially from a legal point of view. Police guidelines were changed to better fit in with the law. So, yes, the police should ignore government guidelines if they're contrary to law (unless they believe (usually via the CPS) that it's not in the public interest).
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Can you remember when Caroline Flack was hounded by the press and the outcome of that? Will some of you lot not be happy until you get your pound of flesh? What happened to "Be Kind"?
Bloody Hypocrites.
Bloody Hypocrites.
SmallTown
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Not sure how using special powers and influence to get a street cordoned off would stop someone committing suicide?
1finny
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Blimey - that is low, very low.
SmallTown
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Low but not untypical these days.
Konrad_the_Barbarian
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Where are you lot getting your pitchforks from these days ?
So a man commits no crime and you all still want to burn him as a witch. What a lovely civilised country we live in.
So a man commits no crime and you all still want to burn him as a witch. What a lovely civilised country we live in.
SmallTown
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Or, a man breaks lockdowns rules, a man responsible for setting those rules.
He then uses extraordinary influence and power to shirk any responsibility, showing he believes he is above the law. We want him to be held accountable
Konrad_the_Barbarian
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You're just acting like a fcking mob now. "Get the rope out boys there's gonna be a lynching" Disgraceful.
FatCat
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Exactly this!!
Holgatewall
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While I believe strongly that Cummings was totally wrong and should either resign or be sacked I think it is wrong that 'rentamob' are making life for others intolerable by beseiging their property.
SmallTown
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We aren't though. You are the one over reacting and I explained why. Don't ignore things just because they disprove you
NYboro
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..but it's not though, is it? Caroline Flack may have been hounded on social media, but there was no evidence of any sort against her. Cummings is palpably guilty.
American_Mary
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Using the suicide of a vulnerable young woman with a history of depression as a stick to beat people who want to see nothing more than justice and an appropriate punishment for the behaviour of Cummings and then call for kindness takes a special kind of myopia.
For the guideline breaches and the position he is in should lose his job, nothing else, the majority of people are angry not just at his actions and the lack of reasonable justification, but at the extraordinary lengths and incredible loopholes that have been created around him.
For the guideline breaches and the position he is in should lose his job, nothing else, the majority of people are angry not just at his actions and the lack of reasonable justification, but at the extraordinary lengths and incredible loopholes that have been created around him.
FatCat
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I think the problem is posters on here are getting exasperated with what is occurring outside DCs home whilst other posters on here are trying to justify or ignore it because of his “crime”. As I posted yesterday this is not correct behaviour regardless of what you think about what he has done. His child, his wife, his neighbours facing this onslaught on a daily basis is just too much and cannot be condoned.
Jedi boro
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It’s sick AM pure and simple. To make such a disgusting comparison.
Cummings is not ( despite no 10s efforts) the victim here it’s all those that stayed at home as there loved ones died missed funerals missed hospital appointments they are the victims.
1finny
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I don’t want families harassed whoever they are.
In most people’s eyes he has behaved appallingly.
He could have avoided this by not doing what he did or not trying to hide it or not trying to justify it or very quickly apologising and showing some contrition
He did none of the above. His wife is a journalist, it wouldn’t take a brain surgeon to work out there would be a sh 1t storm. He knew what the consequences would be.
You sow what you reap.
This is the same tactic Rees Mogg took when he was taking stick - go for a public walk with his son to draw an attack and blame others.
You avoid responsibility by deflecting people’s attention. It is a well worn process.
In most people’s eyes he has behaved appallingly.
He could have avoided this by not doing what he did or not trying to hide it or not trying to justify it or very quickly apologising and showing some contrition
He did none of the above. His wife is a journalist, it wouldn’t take a brain surgeon to work out there would be a sh 1t storm. He knew what the consequences would be.
You sow what you reap.
This is the same tactic Rees Mogg took when he was taking stick - go for a public walk with his son to draw an attack and blame others.
You avoid responsibility by deflecting people’s attention. It is a well worn process.
bear66
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Contrition and an apology would have acknowledged the misdemeanor and probably closed this down. The preposterous nonsense on Monday evening followed by hypocritical ministers downplaying their own advice and the opposite of their response to Ferguson has infuriated people in their tens of millions (based on polling figures).