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Cumming’s Explosive Claims Explained: Johnson’s Former Advisor Slams the Government – TLDR News
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Yesterday Dominic Cummings, Johnson’s Former Chief Advisor, appeared before two select committees to discuss the handling of the pandemic… and he turned up all guns blazing. So in this video we unpack the four biggest claims that Cummings made & explain how Johnson and others have reacted to the revelations.
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1 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LFS3FaRs_s
2 – https://committees.parliament.uk/event/4435/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
3 – https://twitter.com/Dominic2306/status/1394245014440529921
4 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQg2XLdpPEo&t=25s
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As oil drilling moves closer to reality, we explore how it could transform the Falkland Islands’ economy, politics, and long-running sovereignty dispute with Argentina.
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FT Argentina Angered By Prospect of Oil Boom in Falklands
https://www.ft.com/content/ce25f41d-49e2-42e3-956e-dab0de9301e4?syn-25a6b1a6=1
The Times Drilling to go Ahead at Sea Lion Oilfield
https://www.thetimes.com/business/companies-markets/article/drilling-confirmed-sea-lion-oil-field-rockhopper-falklands-5nz8npwpw
The Times Falkland Islands $4bn Oil Bonanza
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/falkland-islands-4bn-boost-oilfield-go-ahead-6crtkvqzk
Yahoo Finance The Falklands are Turning into a Mini Dubai
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/falklands-quietly-turning-next-dubai-180437990.html
BBC News Quick Guide: The Falklands Economy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/07/in_pictures_the_falklands_economy/print.stm
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In this video, we’re going to have a look into the Clacton by-election, why the other parties have stood down, what Farage’s plan is, and why it seems like it may have already backfired.
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Telegraph Farage By-Election Gamble Turns to Farce
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/07/07/farage-resigns-but-by-election-gamble-turns-to-farce/
BBC News Farage’s Political Rivals Rule Out Standing in Clacton
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdg4y3g0z7o
The Guardian Political Rivals Vow to Boycott By-Election
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/07/nigel-farage-quits-as-mp-amid-scrunity-over-finances-clacton-reform
Politics Home Labour and Tories Refuse to Field Candidates
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/labour-tories-refuse-stand-candidates-clacton-byelection
Politico Badenoch Says Farage Cracking Under the Pressure
https://www.politico.eu/article/kemi-badenoch-nigel-farage-pressure-by-election/
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@aperson22222
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
3:42 I hate to say it but they weren’t wrong.
@yaaninja
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Here the thing no government was prepared for this pandemic, and honestly cumming just comes out as a prick and not a team player.
@craigsnortsfruitshoots2811
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Very poor choice of words
@nasdean4291
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
When you in the team all is good, when you out every things is bad human
@SirSX3
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
i almost had a heart attack when I receive a notification that starts with "cumming explosive" while i'm screensharing in a meeting
@patrickedwards5804
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Select, not sub, committees.
@georgiarushanov2210
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Video: information
Comments: heated arguing
Me: hehe.. Cummings..hehe..cum..heh-
@bryanhollis1451
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Cummings can’t be trusted he is trying to belittle the government because they pushed him out, the guy is one big crybaby, he is very childish ,forget him as Boris and team are doing a good job for the country.
Look how flash CUMMINGS tries to be under questioning.
@killthomas8373
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Imagine believing everything Cummings and Johnson said about Brexit but not believing him when he whistle blows on how poorly the pandemic was handled. We saw this shit with our own eyes and still the Tories will gaslight and say it’s not true
@mz1811
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Did you really just use "cummings" and "explosive" in one sentence?
@goodlookingcorpse
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Basically the same problem as Michael Cohen: who do you believe when liars fall out?
@ProWebster
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Didn't exactly need to hear this to know that the health secretary is an incompetent moron
@emmafrost13333
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
But we already knew these 4 things…?
@jovelyng7221
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Let’s stop whinning and move on our lives. Honestly if you on boris position do you have a better plan on how to deal with all this sh?t ? Probably not so stop complaining 😁
@stuartbh8165
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
It will be interesting to see Hancock on committee. I believe much of what Cummings said. He implicates himself in the failure just as much so what is there to gain? However it sounds like Cummings and Hancock were big rivals in the cabinet, so his comments on Hancock could be heavily biased
@squirrel6338
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Cummings has close to zero credibility, at least in part due to the Kangaroo court last summer. It's funny how the same media organisations that tried to get him sacked last year are now loving his every word.
I'm sure at least some of what he says is based on truth but I couldn't guess which bits
@ImmuneGEORGE
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Very smart guy, but a massive snake.
@georgebardsley7129
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
This is the man who caused Brexit
@mariejonas46
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Looking back I would have gone to Barnard Castle working with all that confusion
@billthompson7072
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
The nudge factor is a seriously flawed theory contradicting the neo-freudian theory of meaning.
@alkaholic4848
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
It's not about whether you trust Cummings, what he's doing is getting us to face the reality of what deep down we already knew. Bumbling Boris has forever been a self obsessed pathologic liar, out to better himself and his rich buddies and doesn't care about the fate of the country.
His story sounds too credible to not believe, backed up by how pathetic Boris and Matt Hancock's defence has been, Matt evades while Boris dismisses the whole thing without giving a counter argument.
@evanloki7003
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
HOW ARE WE ARGUING ABOUT HERD IMMUNITY WE ALL REMEMBER THE GOV TELLING US.
@peterhickman6184
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Those who say Mr Cummings is dodgy is probably a conservative. Plus he has the evidence at when and what he is saying is true. He is hero for our country exposing there mistakes which is why it’s vital we get a new pm. They should give the cons the truth serum then take them court 😂
@dadikkedude
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Love this reflection, not in the form I would like to see. But still I think when shit has hit the fan it should be mandatory to reflect.
@AleArek
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Boris reaction to outbreak made me think whether he sold UK to chinese in exchange for hinckley point and hs2
@AleArek
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
He is absolutely right
@memebump7612
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Don't forget that SAGE member who did an interview promoting herd immunity.
@JohnSmith-ze7sv
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
They're smarter than they're letting on. Best not get worked up over it.
@ambigousBarrel
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Facts speak for themselves. We just need to listen. Even people who think their right can be wrong without knowing it. That's not a failing, that's life.
@thelmanogueira299
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Dominic🍀
@Locochris1956
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
IF HE WANTS TO BE LISTENED TO HE SHOULD STAND FOR PARLIAMENT otherwise he is irrelevant
@jackcawley8470
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Cummings is clearly trying to cover his arse still about what he did wrong, but I believe him on what he says about Boris and Hancock they are both incompetent.
@charlesnorton3312
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
conservatives get things done badly!!!!
@paulcasey5204
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Tricky for the Tories. If they discredit Cummings as a liar and a fantasist……what does that say about their 2019 election and the whole Brexit campaign? He wasn't lying then but he is now? Hard to make thay stick. BUT, it doesn't seem to matter as the party faithful, both old and new, seem immune from logic or facts.
@chubeye1187
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
You cannot have a half truth, like you cannot have half a hole
@davidjuke2386
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
everyone new there was no plan, PPE or 50% out of date, no test & trace & has never resulted in world beating just the death rate, a waste of £10 billion by headless chicken's working flat out on being incompetent. Yes I believe 100% what he says the past year bears this out & he's not frightened to apologize for his own mistakes & shortcomings; not like Johnson & Handcock
@xlpeoplepower
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
There's always the need the scrutinise his statements but overall, I'd say that he probably paints an accurate picture broadly speaking. If his history is anything to go by, it's that he's an excellent campaign strategist but doesn't belong in government
@alfredfanshaw4786
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
A tosser talking about another tosser. It would be funny if it were not for the 127,000 deaths.
@Hfil66
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
The government was imperfect, but far from incompetent.
If one compares the UK government's response to that elsewhere in Europe or the Americas, the UK was better than many.
So, yes, all governments are far from perfect, and it is reasonable to point that out; but that does not the UK government any more incompetent than is typical of a government.
The criticism of the civil service is again quite legitimate, but that is the nature of civil servants in any national government in any government.
One of the big problems is that the skills needed to keep a steady course on normal times is very different from the skills needed to manage an emergency. The civil service has a lot of inbuilt inertia, which is not a problem when you are looking for long term stability, but is a problem when you need quick changes of direction in response to rapidly evolving situations.
As for concerns about the economic impact of the pandemic, that is an issue that we have still to get to grips with, and it is still very difficult to predict what the cost in human life will be as a secondary cost of the economic damage we have sustained.
@mynewphone2013
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
WHAT!? A politician lied? No, I won't stand here and listen to such obvious blasphemy
@NzePriddie
December 20, 2023 at 10:47 pm
5:51 Where did he say that The PM was not up to the task?, your statement is very deceiving, and bias.