The relentless ad nauseam saturation coverage on Cummings is another press witch hunt. Plenty of other people have done the same, they are just not as famous or as apparently disliked.
I think it's the blatant lying and obvious hypocrisy about the attempted whitewash that's getting people angry. Remember how Neil Ferguson was treated? Instant resignation for a much lesser offence.
We're expected to believe that the only available recourse for Cummings and his partner was to drive to Durham to get support when her brother lives in London too and wasn't ill. And they had to do it twice. With a day out in Barnard Castle.
Whether Cummings resigns or not is immaterial since he'll just hang around a bit and come back when the fuss has tied down. It's the damage done to people's belief in leadership that's been trashed. We used to think that our leaders should be held to a higher standard, that's why we respect them and follow their instruction. Now it seems as if they really do believe the rules don't apply to them.
