Damian Cummings
@damiancummings.bsky.social
Retired. 41 years in the law. MCFC
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5th Cir. holds it violated the Second Amendment to convict a habitual marijuana user for possessing a gun because being a habitual marijuana user does not, without more, justify permanent disarmament.
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
5th Cir. holds it violated the Second Amendment to convict a habitual marijuana user for possessing a gun because being a habitual marijuana user does not, without more, justify permanent disarmament.
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
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Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
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Zohran Mamdani just made Thanksgiving with any MAGA relatives an effortless slam-dunk.
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Zohran Mamdani just made Thanksgiving with any MAGA relatives an effortless slam-dunk.
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Trump feuding with Marjorie Taylor Greene but being in love with Zohran Mamdani was not on my November 2025 bingo card
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Trump feuding with Marjorie Taylor Greene but being in love with Zohran Mamdani was not on my November 2025 bingo card
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Scrapped something I had spent the last week on because I woke up this morning and felt the need to tell this story instead.
Me on Boris Johnson and the Tragedy (for us all) of the Covid Jester King for @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Me on Boris Johnson and the Tragedy (for us all) of the Covid Jester King for @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Boris Johnson: The Covid Tragedy and England's Clown King
Get news direct from reporters you trust.
www.noosphere.app
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Scrapped something I had spent the last week on because I woke up this morning and felt the need to tell this story instead.
Me on Boris Johnson and the Tragedy (for us all) of the Covid Jester King for @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Me on Boris Johnson and the Tragedy (for us all) of the Covid Jester King for @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
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Rachel Johnson defending her brother on @lbc.co.uk currently just blamed the "statest establishment" for the failures.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Rachel Johnson defending her brother on @lbc.co.uk currently just blamed the "statest establishment" for the failures.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
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The only news is rather desperate attempt by US regulator to find if the programme was provided to US outlets: www.bbc.com/news/article...
You would have thought US president and his lawyers would have this evidence *before* they sent their legal threat.
Oh well.
Whoopsie.
You would have thought US president and his lawyers would have this evidence *before* they sent their legal threat.
Oh well.
Whoopsie.
US broadcast regulator writes to BBC over Panorama edit of Trump speech
The letter is reportedly also sent to the BBC's US partners, and seeks to find out if any US rules were broken.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The only news is rather desperate attempt by US regulator to find if the programme was provided to US outlets: www.bbc.com/news/article...
You would have thought US president and his lawyers would have this evidence *before* they sent their legal threat.
Oh well.
Whoopsie.
You would have thought US president and his lawyers would have this evidence *before* they sent their legal threat.
Oh well.
Whoopsie.
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An investigation into Russian interference in our politics is long overdue. And we all know who should be questioned first.
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
An investigation into Russian interference in our politics is long overdue. And we all know who should be questioned first.
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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Quincy Jones released ‘Back On The Block’ 36 years ago on November 21, 1989 | Listen to the album here: album.ink/QJonesBOTB
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Quincy Jones released ‘Back On The Block’ 36 years ago on November 21, 1989 | Listen to the album here: album.ink/QJonesBOTB
Nadine. Just always confirming her great ability at reading people
Nadine Dorries to LBC, "I saw Boris Johnson at his best at that time (at the start of the covid pandemic)"
If this was Boris Johnson's best, can you imagine his worst?
If this was Boris Johnson's best, can you imagine his worst?
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Nadine. Just always confirming her great ability at reading people
Who's next in the Ukip, Reform checklist?
🚨BREAKING NEWS
Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform UK in Wales, has been sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign. He admitted to eight counts of bribery committed between 2018 and 2019.
(📷 Alamy/PA Images/Yui Mok)
Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform UK in Wales, has been sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign. He admitted to eight counts of bribery committed between 2018 and 2019.
(📷 Alamy/PA Images/Yui Mok)
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Who's next in the Ukip, Reform checklist?
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🚨BREAKING NEWS
Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform UK in Wales, has been sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign. He admitted to eight counts of bribery committed between 2018 and 2019.
(📷 Alamy/PA Images/Yui Mok)
Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform UK in Wales, has been sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign. He admitted to eight counts of bribery committed between 2018 and 2019.
(📷 Alamy/PA Images/Yui Mok)
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🚨BREAKING NEWS
Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform UK in Wales, has been sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign. He admitted to eight counts of bribery committed between 2018 and 2019.
(📷 Alamy/PA Images/Yui Mok)
Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform UK in Wales, has been sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign. He admitted to eight counts of bribery committed between 2018 and 2019.
(📷 Alamy/PA Images/Yui Mok)
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I hear a lot of “he did his best” commentary on Johnson, mixed with “it was a difficult decision”.
It was, but that rather comes with the territory of being Prime Minister. It is a job that comes with perhaps more complexity and responsibility than any other. He had a try doesn’t cut it. /1
It was, but that rather comes with the territory of being Prime Minister. It is a job that comes with perhaps more complexity and responsibility than any other. He had a try doesn’t cut it. /1
I’m not sure how I would deal with being found to have been responsible for 23k deaths, but I think it would likely involve removing myself from public life and finding some way to help save lives.
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I hear a lot of “he did his best” commentary on Johnson, mixed with “it was a difficult decision”.
It was, but that rather comes with the territory of being Prime Minister. It is a job that comes with perhaps more complexity and responsibility than any other. He had a try doesn’t cut it. /1
It was, but that rather comes with the territory of being Prime Minister. It is a job that comes with perhaps more complexity and responsibility than any other. He had a try doesn’t cut it. /1
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Gill is being sentenced today for 8 counts of bribery from a Russian agent.
Follow @thenerve.news for updates throughout the day.
This is why it matters & this is who it harmed: Ukrainian protestors outside the Old Bailey.
Follow @thenerve.news for updates throughout the day.
This is why it matters & this is who it harmed: Ukrainian protestors outside the Old Bailey.
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Gill is being sentenced today for 8 counts of bribery from a Russian agent.
Follow @thenerve.news for updates throughout the day.
This is why it matters & this is who it harmed: Ukrainian protestors outside the Old Bailey.
Follow @thenerve.news for updates throughout the day.
This is why it matters & this is who it harmed: Ukrainian protestors outside the Old Bailey.
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Well, that's aged like rancid Surströmming wrapped in a durian nappy and shoved down a festival toilet in a gastroenteritis outbreak.
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Well, that's aged like rancid Surströmming wrapped in a durian nappy and shoved down a festival toilet in a gastroenteritis outbreak.
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
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From the CWS Archives. 19th December 2021.
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
From the CWS Archives. 19th December 2021.
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From the CWS ARCHIVES. May 2020. COVID. ‘Let the bodies pile high’ Johnson.
November 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
From the CWS ARCHIVES. May 2020. COVID. ‘Let the bodies pile high’ Johnson.
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The worst possible Prime Minister, in the worst possible government, at the worst possible time
- Boris Johnson’s legacy
- Boris Johnson’s legacy
This is what happens when you put a preening, lazy, populist, dilettante in charge of a country.
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The worst possible Prime Minister, in the worst possible government, at the worst possible time
- Boris Johnson’s legacy
- Boris Johnson’s legacy
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Only the loudest voices were acted on and the views of women ignored.
The English public school system in a nutshell.
#CovidInquiry
The English public school system in a nutshell.
#CovidInquiry
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Only the loudest voices were acted on and the views of women ignored.
The English public school system in a nutshell.
#CovidInquiry
The English public school system in a nutshell.
#CovidInquiry
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This is what happens when you put a preening, lazy, populist, dilettante in charge of a country.
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is what happens when you put a preening, lazy, populist, dilettante in charge of a country.
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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Inquiry also finds that Johnson was incredibly indecisive and chaotic. Hard to believe I know.
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Inquiry also finds that Johnson was incredibly indecisive and chaotic. Hard to believe I know.
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Covid Inquiry finds Cummings created a culture of fear and likely contravened the SPAD code.
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Covid Inquiry finds Cummings created a culture of fear and likely contravened the SPAD code.
This is a genuine scandal
My story from a day reading the very long and very damning report by the official Covid inquiry into the actions of government during the pandemic.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is a genuine scandal