Boris Johnson refuses to launch inquiry into Dominic Cummings affair

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Boris Johnson has rejected a call for an independent inquiry into whether his adviser Dominic Cummings flouted lockdown rules. During a grilling by the Commons liaison committee, the prime minister

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Of course he has 🤡move on nothing to report here, still he’s only trashing the memories of those who put the nation before their own grief nice one Boris hope your proud

Outrageous - he’s unaccountable , unelected and hugely overpaid - he needs to go

What has cummings got on bumbling boris

Katy_Scarletta Good, far more important things to be getting in with. This debacle is becoming a nonsense now. It's all about brexit now and they know it.

Excellent. Tory MPs should rally round Boris and Cummings and flatten this daft idiotic hanging crowd who are baying bec

Well he would say that, wouldn’t he?

Hope there’s a vote of no confidence soon. I’m pretty well fed up of the arrogance, insulting behaviour of Johnson and his friends?

Good. Are other party leaders going to launch investigations into their MP's that broke lockdown? Nope.

Good

In other news water is wet

Honour, dignity, respect, & any hope of transparency - gone

So both can leave parliament. Simple.

Katy_Scarletta Good

It's odd he has chosen this hill to die on. Get him a sword to fall on chaps! CUMMINGS SHOULD RESIGN. He is not best adviser as the Govt policies around Covid are in such a mess. 37K dead, care homes death toll, no PPE, testing debacle etc Sure there are better ones to be had.

ScumMedia mediawitchhunt

If you see your name of the charge sheet it’s time to shred it so no one can examine it

Obviously Emu cannot sack Rod.... ForgottenLtd ForgottenLtd ………...

Nice one Boris, don't let the MSM dictate to you, it's you that won the election not the mediascum

So he won’t accede to anyone but himself and his mate ...so it is us and them

Now why would we want an inquiry for a guy who drove to Tyneside? Has nobody ever driven to Tyneside before? No other news.. Hong Kong, virus, deaths, China, South America?

Good perhaps we can see the Russian report now

Let's just see a copy of Cummings' employment contract. I'm sure it will explain all. We're paying for the cvnt for crying out loud. Where's his f*****g contract?!!!

People should listen to this, they're crooks and Twitter is awash with RW tory bots pushing the victim agenda, a very dangerous thing

Same tactic used regularly by Trump in the US. Developed by right wing think tank/strategists. Usually their motto is 'let the public decide'. But in this instance it's 'time to move on'. If you voted for this bloke & his corrupt band of brothers, am embarrassed for you.

Predictable 😷

The press reported, that’s their job. Now looks like they also want the power & their pound of flesh and not to lose face, so to speak. That’s what it feels & sound like.

I thought Boris loved affairs

Mr Cummings has been caught out editing an old blog to include details about the risk of Coronavirus. Is this a vanity exercise by Mr C or is it proof that the Govt are actively in the process of rewriting history in preparation to cover up their mistakes in prep for an inquiry?

Hidden corners of Dominic Cumming's media case:1)Media sells more news if it is about Ministers.2)Laura Kuensberg BBC & Betty Sky News are good Barristers.3)Wearing Jeans & never a suit in Cabinet goes against Dominic Cummings. 4)Boris Johnson will save him as he did Priti Patel.

The press has reported, job done. The people have expressed their concerns. DC has explained. PM has decisions to make for the country. Concerns about ££ for people, threats from within & out. Time to attend to them. It has run its course.

It’s 4 years to the next election. He can take a hit now. The only thing that will make him work in the national interest and respect democracy and parliament (Promised in Brexit aim), is for 60+ Tory MPs representing their constituents and force him

Good. He should not surrender and swayed by the rumors and lies spread by left wingers and Islamists.

Elected dictatorship The old saying that the British are only free one day every five years

Incidentally, I once caught my nob in my flies and so did a 60mile round trip to test whether I was fit to do a longer drive. Believe me, I wasn't. I could barely see through the tears, endangering my family and other road users - you have to try though eh?

Because DC will smack him down

Running scared and it’s not political point scoring to ask him a question. He is an insult to this country’s reputation

Power to the powerful ... and there is nothing you can do. Everything you COULD have done .. you have done in winter last year .. you gave them your vote - by a very large majority ... congratulations!

It's time BoJo went the way of all Tory PMs. Bye bye!

Really?

More like Breaking Wind than Breaking News.

Because Cummings will sack him

Lol

Because he knows he'll have to sack him after that!

Good! what is there to enquire about ! 🙄 can we move on ?!

Quelle surprise!!. Will this do him damage?

Good, bigger things to worry about at the moment.

I think he should launch Dominic Cummings into the sea.

Wow shocking, a man won’t launch inquiry into his own boss...

You don't agree to an enquiry when you know it's going to damage you. Totally expected.

BorisJohnson 10DowningStreet Conservatives boris having his Marie Antoinette moment

DominicCummnings to BorisJohnson before todays . .

He knows if there's an enquiry he will lose the true prime minister of this country which is Dominic Cummings. But the puppet gets to live in a nice house

Didn’t see that coming at all.

Only because Dominic said so.

This will cause greater ANGER

Quite right.

even more furious now wtf does boeis think we are they taking us all for mugs twat

I not sure about my eyesight, how should I proceed?

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