{"id":208111,"date":"2020-05-31T09:26:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T09:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=208111"},"modified":"2020-06-02T06:45:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T06:45:36","slug":"rosie-duffield-labour-mp-steps-down-as-whip-after-admitting-lockdown-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=208111","title":{"rendered":"Rosie Duffield: Labour MP steps down as whip after admitting lockdown breach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction \u2013 May 31, 2020<\/h1>\n

So many scientists, \u201cexperts\u201d and politicians have been caught breaching lockdown guidelines that maybe we should ask: do they know something we don\u2019t?<\/h5>\n
Scotland\u2019s chief medical advisor, Dr Calderwood<\/a><\/span>, Whitehall\u2019s foremost scientific advisor on the pandemic, Neil Ferguson<\/span><\/a> and Dominic Cummings<\/a><\/span>, Boris Johnson\u2019s main political advisor, have all been caught in breach of lockdown guidelines.<\/h5>\n
It\u2019s not simply that they were caught breaking the rules but the fact that they helped formulate those guidelines that\u2019s bothersome.<\/h5>\n
What does it say about their \u201cadvice\u201d for the rest of us when they don\u2019t follow those guidelines themselves? Is the advice we are being given really that valid when the people who put it together don\u2019t follow it?<\/h5>\n
Or is simply a case of do as we say, not as we do?<\/h5>\n
\"\"Now another politician has been caught breaking those guidelines. Admittedly Rosie Duffield, MP for Cantebury, isn\u2019t as significant in relation to Coronavirus as Neil Ferguson or Dr Calderwood. Nonetheless, her behaviour follows a familiar pattern and raises more questions about the pandemic lockdown.<\/h5>\n
Readers will note that the following Sky News report doesn\u2019t even hint at those questions. As such, like the rest of the mainstream media, it simply echoes the official version of events. In other words, it\u2019s no more than propaganda. Ed.<\/h5>\n

Rosie Duffield: Labour MP steps down as whip after admitting lockdown breach<\/h2>\n

Emily Mee \u2013 Sky News May 31, 2020<\/h3>\n

A Labour MP is no longer in a frontbench role after breaking lockdown rules, Sky News understands.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rosie Duffield, MP for Canterbury, has apologised and stood down as Labour whip after she met her partner while they were living separately.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the Mail on Sunday, she met her married partner for a long walk in April. She also did not deny he had visited her constituency house.<\/span><\/p>\n

This happened before the lockdown was eased to allow meetings between people from different households.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a statement, Ms Duffield said: “My partner and I have been attempting to navigate a difficult personal situation as responsibly as possible. I apologise that during that process, we breached the guidelines.”<\/span><\/p>\n

She continued: “A relationship breakdown is difficult at the best of times, let alone during a pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I hope people can understand why I took the steps I did and know that I take responsibility for the breaches that occurred and for which I apologise.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Ms Duffield, 48, told the Mail the pair had stayed two metres apart during their meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n

They are now thought to be living in the same property after her partner separated from his wife.<\/span><\/p>\n

Continues \u2026 \u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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