Cummings should have done is this:
1. Pointed out the wording of the guidance/law which said that people with children in special circumstances could use their judgement and ignore the rule.
2. Every time Cummings was asked a question about how he justified his behaviour he should have simply referred the questioner to the special circumstances passage in the guidance/law. The reptiles would soon have lost interest.
3. Offered to resign if
a) every one of the reptiles who beseiged his London home is fired from their job for not observing the social distancing rules and not reemployed in the media.
b) if any member of the Commons or Lords who breaks the rules is forced to resign.
Cummings most stupid mistake was his claim that his drive to Barnard Castle was to test his eyesight. He made the classic error of someone trying to plug a hole in a story only to find he had created a bigger hole.
However, if he had done what I propose the Barnard Castle trip would have been put on the back burner as the politicians and the media ran away from attacking him when their own position was threatened. If he had to give an explanation for the Barnard Castle trip he should have said his car was playing up on his drive to the NE – a knocking noise would do the trick – and he wanted to make see how the car was running before the 260 mile drive home.
This would prompt the question “Why did you not seek the help of a mechanic? ”
Best answer: because I did not want to breach the lockdown rules.”
Worst answer: there weren’t any mechanics available. ”
The worst answer is the worst answer because it leads off to another line of questioning – “What efforts did you make to find a mechanic ” and such forth.
The best answer is a simple one which leads nowhere beyond the answer itself.
Finally, I do not know what the problem is with the Cummings child, but having put the “my child has special problems” into play Cummings needed to play it to its uttermost, ie, say clearly what the child’s problem is.
Living In A Madhouse 