General Discussion on Current Situation 2/

[Gadget]

I see that Trump is threatening to shut down Twitter because they've been fact checking him 

oops - too much multitasking!

Add - I gather (from Nick Watt, Newsnight)  that the 40-60 Con MPs might be giving up with trying to get rid of DC but Boris has lost a lot of good will and there'll be problems for him.

[groom]

Add - I gather (from Nick Watt, Newsnight)  that the 40-60 Con MPs might be giving up with trying to get rid of DC but Boris has lost a lot of good will and there'll be problems for him.

Won't do them much good either, if the reason they were trying was because of pressure from their constituents.

[Maiden Stone]

He said that it would appear that the company that got the job of setting this up is run by none other than Dominic Cummings brother. Now I wonder who put his name forward, 1 guess only please.

John915

Are you sure? I could only find this.

https://fullfact.org/online/not-dominic-cummings-sister/

I'm multi tasking 

Are you doing Genealogical research at the same time?? 

Full Fact cites Ancestry as confirmation of her identity. 

[Gadget]

https://fullfact.org/search/?q=alice+cummings#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=alice%20cummings&gsc.page=1

Add - see also Mike's earlier post.

[Gadget]

Think it might be best to use a fact checker rather than Ancestry*   

https://fullfact.org/

* especially Ancestry with all those dodgy trees.

[Erato]

"threatening to shut down Twitter"

Go for it!

[Maiden Stone]

Think it might be best to use a fact checker rather than Ancestry*   

https://fullfact.org/

* especially Ancestry with all those dodgy trees.

https://fullfact.org/online/not-dominic-cummings-sister
"(and we have verified using ancestry.com), the woman referred to is not one of his sisters ..."
How about asking Full Fact to check the veracity of info on Ancestry? They wouldn't have time for anything else.

"No one is immune to the propaganda virus". Can't recall where I saw it.

[Maiden Stone]

Add - I gather (from Nick Watt, Newsnight)  that the 40-60 Con MPs might be giving up with trying to get rid of DC but Boris has lost a lot of good will and there'll be problems for him.

Won't do them much good either, if the reason they were trying was because of pressure from their constituents.

They're safe. 4 years until next election.

[groom]

Think it might be best to use a fact checker rather than Ancestry*   

https://fullfact.org/

* especially Ancestry with all those dodgy trees.

If you check FreeBMD it looks as if he only has one sister born 1975 and her name isn't Angela. So she must be the one he went to stay near.