Dominic Cummings - report

British political strategist

Dominic Mckenzie Cummings is a British political strategist who served as Chief Adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson from 24 July 2019 until Cummings resigned on 13 November 2020.

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Dominic Cummings left his job as an adviser to Boris Johnson in November. He has since launched a series of excoriating attacks on his former boss. Cummings said Johnson resisted locking down the country in the fall of 2020. Accused Mr Johnson of not having a plan and said he ‘doesn’t know how to be Prime Minister’
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Dominic Cummings was Johnson's most senior adviser until late last year. He left his job in November after a power struggle inside the prime minister's office. Cummings claims people died needlessly because of the government's slow and chaotic response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Dominic Cummings said Matt Hancock'should have been fired' for lying. Said Hancock told the PM in March that people in hospital would be tested before being sent back to care homes. There was no capacity to do so at the time, meaning Covid ran rampant and led to thousands of deaths.
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Dominic Cummings gave damning verdict on Government's response to pandemic. Former adviser said Matt Hancock should have been sacked for 'lying multiple times' He told Jeremy Hunt: "I wish I’d never heard of Barnard Castle, and I wish I had never gone"
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Former Blair spin-doctor let off an explosive rant at Prime Minister Boris Johnson on LBC this morning. He branded Johnson a "sleaze bag" with "no moral compass" and called for a Labour government to clear the "cesspit"
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Downing Street insider blames Dominic Cummings for the leaking. Tory spy-hunters believe a 'cell' of Labour supporters was activated last year. Cummings accuses PM of being 'unethical' and 'foolish' over plans for a second Downing Street flat.