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 Originally Posted by OngBonga
Easier said than done. Cummings is highly recognisable, especially in the town where he was (Durham?). I guess he could have worn a disguise! But instead he took his kids along to make it look like he was on a family trip.
You should write spy novels. A family trip at the height of a pandemic and a hard lockdown. Lol, good cover.
Face it, either he was stupid to get caught or he was stupid to get caught.
Assuming he was there to meet some dark figures from GSK, just why? Why not do a Zoom meeting? Or, shuttle up there in the backseat of a car, then shuttle right back before he was even missed?
Apparently Boris was seen in ITA over the weekend too, so probably not wanking off from work like he did for the COBRA meetings, but obv. meeting with his Italian contacts at GSK.
 Originally Posted by OngBonga
It's my assumption that the government correctly assume that the people would freak out over his "lockdown breach" and pay no attention to anything else.
Like I said, it wouldn't have taken James Bond to keep that trip a secret.
It is amusing how you assume everyone in power who is being an idiot is doing it as part of some cunning mastermind 3D chess plan, instead of just being an idiot. No matter how many times they do it.
 Originally Posted by OngBonga
Also, have you learned nothing about polls yet? They are used by those who conduct them to attempt to influence public opinion, and it doesn't work. You could get 5:1 odds on us leaving the EU just hours before the results started coming in. Everyone expected us to remain because "the bookies know what they're doing". Trump was not expected to win, and he's not expected to win this year either, if the polls are to be believed (51-43 as of 20th Sept, according to BBC).
Ignore the polls, they tell you nothing useful.
Ugh, do I have to explain margin of error to you again? And while I'm at it, explain how bookies make their odds? It's not based on polls, it's based on how people are betting.
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