Media vendeta? You decide.

Until yesterday when Mr Cummings appeared in the Rose Garden at No 10, the fundamental question was, did Dominic break the law.  Or the guidelines.   

On listening to Mr Cummings, I think only the harshest interpretation of the advice that accompanied Stay at Home (full details on Govt and NHS web sites so everyone could read them), would begrudge Mr Cummings and his family the latitude to do what they did.  

But of course, that is not enough for the braying pack of wolves.  They want blood.  So today we have Ms Kuenssberg, BBC Political editor, taking the story on  with her a statement today “Dominic Cummings' press conference did not answer fundamental question”.   

I re-read what Mr Cummings said yesterday, and the answers he gave and struggle to see what fundamental question he had not answered.   

You might not have liked or agreed with what he said, but answer the questions he did.   

So what is this fundamental question Ms Kuenssberg is referring to?  Actually, it’s nothing to do with what Mr Cummings did or didn’t do.  Her fundamental question has moved on to this.  “Is his continued presence in Downing Street more of a hindrance than a help to Boris Johnson?”   

Seriously, that is what she said.  Nothing to do with the journey.  Nothing to do with the virus.  Her article, by shifting the target, shows this really has absolutely nothing to do with Mr Cummings journey but part of the media vendetta to get rid of Mr Cummings.

Who said what? Back to politics as normal.

Statement one.  We want “a controlled points-based system to support the migration of skilled workers for the benefit of the economy”.   

Statement two.  Our system “will ensure people can come to our country based on what they have to offer, not where they come from”.   

It is interesting that the authors of the first statement are decrying the authors of the second as “reckless”, “draconian”, and “unforgivable.”     

The author of the first statement was Nicola Sturgeon.  The second, Prit Patel.  

So remind me, what did Nicola and the SNP in 2014 campaign for in an independent Scotland promise?   

Yes, to implement an Australian-style points-based system.   The SNP’s 2014 ‘Scotland’s Future’ manifesto for a separated Scotland promised that the newly independent government would deliver.  

Read the SNP promise here.