Quote Originally Posted by Mapperleypie View Post
The problem the government have is this issue will not quietly go away. It's not a fringe issue that only affects a small number of people - we have all made sacrifices based upon the government guidance and are now being told that we didn't have to if it didn't suit us. History is being re-written by those in charge, this has quite rightly got people of all political persuasions angry.

Next time we are issued with new instructions by the government in regard to COVID-19 the question will be asked whether we all have to adhere to them if we really don't want to. It's no longer policeable whilst this man keeps his job and members of the cabinet continue to feel the need to offer up ridiculous excuses.
Completely agree. Adherence to the lockdown is the short term problem, and a big one too.

The longer-term problem is that as I said before this is electoral kryptonite. The latest polls say even a majority of Brexiters think he should resign or be sacked. I imagine a lot of them are the new 'red Tories' from old Labour heartlands.

There are the Brexit ultras (we have a few on here) who worship Cummings and Boris and will turn a blind eye to anything, but the majority are rightly angry about it. It's like the Corbyn effect but on the other side of the spectrum.

Unfortunately for Boris, without Cummings he loses the brains of the operation and reverts to just being a glorified after dinner speaker doing one of the most difficult jobs in the world in the middle of a crisis. No amount of stuttering, hair tugging and squashing the sombrero will see him through that if he hasn't got a plan.