Dominic Cummings poisoned the atmosphere of Boris Johnson's Downing Street during the Covid crisis, the official inquiry into the pandemic has found, saying he helped create a toxic and macho culture with the full connivance of the then prime minister. Johnson's chief aide strayed far from the proper role of a special adviser, the report found, making key decisions in 10 Downing Street which were for the prime minister to make.
There is much to enjoy about the patriotic revolution in government promised by the leaked footage obtained by the Guardian of the Reform UK group of councillors running Kent county council. Take council leader Linden Kemkaran speaking for all free speech absolutists when she declares: Paul! Paul! I'm going to mute you in a minute! Or consider her repeatedly stated vision of the imperfections of representative democracy: You're just going to have to fucking suck it up, OK?
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Super Dom! At a time of heightened worries about national security, who better than Dominic Cummings to shine a light on the murky world of spying? The man who turned a drive to Barnard Castle into an advert for SpecSavers. The man who gave us Brexit. Which one of us didn't vote for a 4% hit to GDP? The man who gave us Boris Johnson.