Who is ‘Lynn from Skipton’? The public ridicule No 10 for selecting soft question about hugging

Who is ‘Lynn from Skipton’? The public ridicule No 10 for selecting soft question about hugging from anonymous ‘member of the public’ at Downing Street press conference Lynn for Skipton was the first non-journalist given the chance to grill ministers  Question raised eyebrows as it indulged Matt Hancock to churn out core refrains Some joked … Read more

‘Partial’ list of SAGE membership WILL be published

‘Partial’ list of SAGE members WILL be published amid backlash at secrecy and complaints No10 chief Dominic Cummings attended meetings A ‘partial’ list of SAGE members will be issued shortly amid secrecy backlash No10 has dismissed concerns that Dominic Cummings attended some meetings Sir Patrick Vallance said names of all those who agree will be … Read more

Top Tories join calls to ban Dominic Cummings from coronavirus scientific briefings

Top Tories have joined calls to ban Dominic Cummings from coronavirus scientific briefings. The former Brexit secretary David Davis is among those pushing for Cummings and Ben Warner, an adviser who ran the Tories’ private election computer model, to be prevented from attending future meetings of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage).  Davis said that … Read more

Fury at Dominic Cummings’ wife using BBC Radio 4’s Thought For The Day

The wife of Prime Minster Boris Johnson‘s chief advisor described her husband Dominic Cummings as ‘extremely kind’ during this morning’s Thought For The Day on BBC Radio 4.  Mary Wakefield, who is the commissioning editor of The Spectator spoke about their battle against Covid-19.  However, with her husband at the centre of the row about … Read more

Dominic Cummings is a member of secretive SAGE group advising the government

The Prime Minister’s adviser Dominic Cummings is a member of the secretive scientific group that steered the Government’s response to coronavirus, it has been revealed.  Mr Cummings’ name was on a leaked list of members of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) as far back as February.  The list, which was seen by The Guardian, … Read more

Dominic Cummings lifts the lid on isolation with wife and young son when he was ill with coronavirus

Dominic Cummings lifts the lid on ‘sticky’ time spent in isolation with wife Mary and their four-year-old son when he was ill with coronavirus saying he enjoyed listening to them ‘bicker like an old married couple’ Boris Johnson’s chief of staff wrote about lockdown in the Spectator  magazine He spent a fortnight at home with … Read more

PM’s top aide Dominic Cummings FINALLY returns to Downing Street after coronavirus absence

Boris Johnson’s top aide Dominic Cummings FINALLY returns to work at Downing Street after two weeks away with coronavirus symptoms (and brings a very unusual packed lunch with him) Prime Minister’s chief of staff went into symptomatic self-isolation on March 30 It came three days after the PM tested positive and also quarantined himself Cummings … Read more

Dominic Cummings’ uncle and retired judge Sir John Laws, 74, ‘dies after coronavirus diagnosis’

Dominic Cummings’ uncle and retired judge Sir John Laws, 74, ‘dies after coronavirus diagnosis’ Sir John Laws, 74, died with Covid-19 following a serious three-week illness  He first tested negative for the virus, suffering with sepsis and other problems Sir John Laws was also the brother of Dominic Cummings’ mother, Morag He was considered one of … Read more