Why Is He Complaining?Shouldn't He Know Better?

[piggynose]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/mp-caught-on-tube-without-mask-complains-country-is-like-east-germany-under-the-stasi/ar-BB19oQfu?li=AAnZ9Ug&ocid=mailsignout

[dannyk13]

Yes, he should know better. He has nothing to complain about.

[Old_Geezer]

As an MP he should know he needs to set an example, or maybe he was doing just that.

He has a point but it's the present parliament that is turning the country and culture ‘like East Germany under the Stasi’. He should get this direction change debated in the House.

[ToraToraTora]

He's right we are heading that way. We have got to stop administering a cure that is far worse than the disease.

[Stephen_G]

Wilson said

"Whoever took the picture didn't approach me or say anything to me which I suppose would have been the proper way to behave."

*** Inserts rolling on floor, crying with laughter emoji ***

Durrr. There's a Coronavirus outbreak hitchhiking itself around the world. You're not wearing a mask and you're on the Tube - people DO NOT speak to strangers on the Tube. Give me strength
*** rolls eyes ***

[bhg481]

How can you "forget" to wear a mask? Everybody around him would have been wearing one and now he's given the awkward brigade the perfect "Barnard Castle" excuse for not wearing one.

[Old_Geezer]

Surely the awkward brigade are those in government who are making life awkward for all.

[Spicerack]

Irish people talk to people on the tube. + Some Welsh people do.

[Ken4155]

Devizes Tory MP Danny Kruger (Prue Leith's son) told his constituents (in a FB message) on 7 Sep they "MUST wear a face covering" unless exempt. Then, a couple of weeks later, he was photographed not wearing one while travelling to Paddington. He said he "forgot" but "had the person reminded me instead of taking a photo and posting it on social media, i would have put on my mask." A one-off occurrence? Maybe. However, on his own website, he said he "detests the rule of six, the compulsory face masks, the Covid Marshalls and the snooping on your neighbours."

[Cloverjo]

I suppose you can forget to wear a mask for a second, but then you see everyone in masks and remember to put one on, surely?

I don’t like encouraging people to snitch on each other, but the ones supposedly in charge can’t keep on with the ‘One rule for the little people, another for us.’

[Stephen_G]

I apologise in advance if there is any bad language

[TrevorThePug]

More importantly, did he get fined £200....

[Cloverjo]

I loved that, Stephen. Must start watching MTW again. I’d forgotten how funny it is sometimes.

[dannyk13]

Maybe it will be accepted that wearing masks is futile:-
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12759350/new-coronavirus-mutation-more-contagious-adapting-masks/

[TonyV]

I went out mine this morning, got half way to shop before turning round to get it.

[ToraToraTora]

masks are primarily a placebo device anyway, they make very little difference but they give people a nice fuzzy feeling. The jobsworths love them of course because they can look all superior and sneer at people without.

[ichkeria]

He’s not complaining about having to wear a mask, but about the person who took his picture.
And I sympathise. Only a few days ago people were queuing up to condemn snitching.
So there you have it: I’m sympathising with Sammy Wilson. There’s a first for everything.
Additionally I see Graham Brady, the Tories’ chief backbencher, has accused the government of acting by decree. Trouble looms I suspect.

[bhg481]

Tony - anybody can forget to pick a mask up on the way out but that isn't the same as sitting on a train with one in your pocket and everybody around you wearing one.

[ichkeria]

Sammy Wilson isn’t in charge by the way.
He’s just an MP and to date MP have had no say in anything. That is what Graham Brady is complaining about

[TonyV]

Bhg I agree, they are a bit useless anyway because hole size in masks are a lot larger than the virus spores.

[TrevorThePug]

“The jobsworths love them [masks] of course because they can look all superior and sneer at people without.”

Divvy toddler statement of the day (and its only 9am - a record!)