Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "Dominic cummings responds" video.

  1. I was struck by Johnson’s unapologetic and vehement performance in that enquiry hearing. He appeared to dig his own grave by stating that he thought he got advice from all of the right people, took the right steps, etc, even knowing what he knows now; meaning that he would do it all again, in the same way! Note: the very final question from the chair, who seemed to read him so well, all but walked him into a trap of his own making, by simply asking, “Well, is there anything you’d like to add?” But the way she framed it so cleverly, making it clear that this was his the opportunity to say, “If I had known then what I know now, here’s what I would have done differently.” By then, she had seen him sticking so vehemently to this, “I believe I did the right thing,” rhetoric, that she rightly surmised that the real meaning of the question would pass over his head. And he duly obliged the committee by stating that he had learned NOTHING from his experience and is a liability who would repeat all of the same mistakes; not change who advised him, not change his actions, not take better care of the health and safety of his own people, etc, not do ANYTHING differently, regardless. And I think that will be the key line the findings of this enquiry will take: That even though we cannot read minds and establish what is truly in Mr Johnson’s, “heart,” as he would have do, Boris Johnson has stated in his own words that he has not learned anything from his own failings and stated unequivocally that he would not do anything differently, even if he had full knowledge of the potential harm he could have caused, or the harm he was doing politically to his party. In short, they gave him enough rope and he hung himself. That would be the headline of my findings if I served on that committee, at any rate. And I would not fail to mention his pusillanimous response to outside influence and intimidation of committee members either. He reminded me of Donald Trump when he told them he would, essentially, be against the mob if he was exonerated, but for the mob should he be found guilty. That was a dark moment that I won’t be forgetting.
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