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But then nobody high profile has done similar.
If you care about the nuances.

Stephen kinnock and parents didnt have Covid, totally voluntary violation.
The labour MP went to a birthday party! That was a disgrace.
It gets worse. Corbyn voluntarily took his wife into parliament in violation of her right to leave home, held a garden party for his sons, and did a group bike ride.

UNLIKE any of them, Cummings had to do something. Events forced his hand. He was forced to isolate somewhere, and considering his boss went in intensive care, which could have been both him and his wife, they had a kid to look after who would have been excluded from any childcare if they were symptomatic.
So in the interests of the kid they went to the place they could expect care if needs be. His parents. He was already being threatended on the doorstep because of false accusations, such is the baying mob and the inaction of police over harassment. That too will have played a part.

The decision will have been made quickly. And it was out of the question to discuss it with anyone. It would have been taken out of his hands very quickly. I suspect his wife guided the decision more than anyone else, on totally understandable grounds. He is a father first, a civil servant second.

Bravo for him putting his family first. And for working whilst many public sector are shirking at home.

Only people who do not know or hate cummings claim "there are similar cases" that "apologised" . There are no similar cases. And the whole country dont know he was wrong. Only the overly vociferous media and cummings haters.

He said, she said, who cares? The whole country knows he was wrong, the others who have done similar have by and large held their hand up, DC, BoJo n Gove took a few days and came up with a matter of fact story, Bo Jo N Gove getting their we didn't know (mebee) giving them plausible deniability should this turn sour, believe what you think is correct. but DC, as one of our Guiding Lights, should have spoken to the P&DP team as he was so worried for his and his families safety, end of controversy.

DC can hardly complain of media smoke and mirrors, I am sure he has done similar in the none too distant past.