Boris Johnson ‘is planning to QUIT as PM in six months because he is struggling to recover from coronavirus’ claims Dominic Cummings’ castle-owning father-in-law Humphry Wakefield Baronet is said to have made the claim to a visitor to his Northumberland castle Reportedly likened the PM to a horse knackered through working while injured His journalist daughter … Read more
Tory MPs are planning a Commons rebellion against Dominic Cummings’s ‘star wars’ plans to turbocharge the UK’s science and technology capabilities Tory MPs are planning a Commons rebellion against Dominic Cummings‘s ‘star wars‘ plans to turbocharge the UK’s science and technology capabilities – as a ‘proxy protest’ against his Downing Street operation. Mr Cummings, Boris … Read more
Adviser linked to exams fiasco is given a key role in new planning changes that critics fear could see developers ‘concreting’ the countryside Tim Leunig joins team working on biggest changes to building laws in 70 years Dr Leunig was on government group that advised how to standardise grades Standardisation led to the downgrading of … Read more
Fiasco doesn’t begin to do it justice. Perhaps omnishambles – a word first coined in the BBC political satire The Thick of It – comes a little closer. Or given the PM’s reliance on his trusted henchman Dominic Cummings to read the political runes, should it be Domnishambles? In reality, the events presided over by … Read more
A hard rain is coming, promised Dominic Cummings, the PM’s chief adviser, in June, borrowing from Bob Dylan. He meant that inefficient parts of the civil service and complacent senior officials should watch out. Good. One early target is Public Health England, which mishandled Covid-19 testing, and told care homes not to worry about the … Read more
Did Jeremy Corbyn’s Marxist henchman Seumas Milne infect Boris Johnson AND Dominic Cummings with coronavirus during Downing Street visit? On March 16, Mr Corbyn visited Mr Johnson at No.10 with his aide Mr Milne Joining them in the Prime Minister’s study was Mr Cummings The quartet were discussing the Government’s response to coronavirus A few … Read more
Young Army officers have been told they will be expected to be ‘more unconventional’ in warfare and master the ‘new domains of cyber and space’. The Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told Sandhurst graduates that the highly anticipated Integrated Defence and Security review, spearheaded by Dominic Cummings, would soon be published and would bring with it … Read more
Dominic Cummings faced the media on May 25 to give a day-by-day account of his battle against coronavirus and his controversial journey to his parents’ farm in Durham. The Prime Minister’s top aide faced an hour-long television grilling at Downing Street after it emerged on Saturday he had travelled 260 miles north from London with … Read more
‘Mr Malevolent’: Excoriating verdict on Boris Johnson’s right hand man Dominic Cummings, by Margaret Thatcher’s former press secretary Sir Bernard Ingham Sir Bernard said Government’s handling of coronavirus was a ‘confused mess’ He branded Johnson’s plan for a White House style spokesman was an ‘outrage’ The 88-year-old described Dominic Cumming’s presence as ‘malevolent’ By Simon … Read more
Someone in Whitehall must have been watching the 1976 sci-fi movie Logan’s Run, starring Michael York and Jenny Agutter. The film is set in a dystopian future where everyone is killed when they reach 30. It’s the kind of radical, outside-the-box policy which would probably appeal to a blue-skies thinker like Dominic Cummings. Drop Dead. … Read more
Davina McCall, 52, flaunts her taut abs in a sizzling white bikini while she enjoys a family holiday in France By Gillian Fisher For Mailonline Published: 17:50 BST, 1 August 2020 | Updated: 17:50 BST, 1 August 2020 She’s been a household name since 1999 when she became the inaugural presenter of hit reality TV … Read more
Britain’s top civil servant Sir Mark Sedwill warns Boris Johnson’s cabinet is ‘too large’ for ‘genuine debate’ and says number of departments should be cut Sir Mark Sedwill said Boris Johnson’s Cabinet is ‘too large’ for ‘genuine debate’ He added that criticism of civil servants and ministers had risen in past few years Sir Mark … Read more
Chief nurse Ruth May confirms she WAS axed from a Government coronavirus press conference after failing to back Boris Johnson’s aide Dominic Cummings over notorious lockdown trip to Durham Chief Nursing Officer Ruth May said she was ‘stood down’ from May briefing It came after Mr Cummings and lockdown rules were discussed in a meeting … Read more