Covid inquiry: Matt Hancock labels Dominic Cummings a ‘malign actor’ and cause of ‘toxic culture’ in No 10
Matt Hancock has rejected accusations that he lied during the pandemic as health secretary. Under question at the Covid inquiry, it was put to the former health secretary that a series of senior government officials have made reference in their evidence to “lying, [and] to you getting overexcited and just staying stuff”. In response, Hancock […]
Did Dominic Cummings’ ‘bombshell’ Covid testimony obscure more than it revealed?
“We’re going to have to coarsen our language somewhat”, said Hugo Keith KC, lead counsel to the Covid inquiry, as he began his interrogation of Dominic Cummings, yesterday; it would soon become clear why such a warning was necessary — and the same advice stands for this article. “A bomb site”, “useless”, “feral” “a dumpster […]
Inside Boris Johnson’s No 10: Official dubbed ‘Party Marty’ and Dominic Cummings to face Covid inquiry this week
The Downing Street official dubbed “Party Marty” and former chief adviser to Boris Johnson Dominic Cummings are among those scheduled to give testimony to the Covid inquiry this week. After four months of hearings, the accounts given by Cummings, Martin Reynolds as well as Lee Cain, his ex-communications chief, will provide potentially damning insight into […]
Partygate: The latest battleground in the toxic ‘Vote Leave’ war
As Boris Johnson takes an oath on the Bible at 2 pm this afternoon, saddling up for a four-hour grilling by the privileges committee, the testimony of a familiar foe will loom large over affairs. That foe is Dominic Cummings, Johnson’s former “disruptor-in-chief” and the unscrupulous Machiavelli who masterminded the former prime minister’s path to power. Having […]
No 10 admits it suggested Sue Gray meeting
The prime minister’s official spokesperson has said No 10 officials initiated the meeting between the PM and Sue Gray last week. Earlier today chief secretary to the Treasury, Simon Clarke, suggested that Gray “instigated” the meeting, and several media organisations were briefed that this was the case. A No 10 spokesman told this afternoon’s lobby […]
Parliament in 2021: Committee Corridor
Beyond the House of Commons, it is in the committee rooms that provide the most revealing and dramatic moments in Whitehall. Under the forensic examination of MPs, raw disputes were laid bare to the public, the true horror of the pandemic was made known, and a heartbreaking testimony sent rocked English cricket to its very […]
Infuriated Labour MP forces Boris Johnson to apologise
Mr Dhesi called the cabinet ‘sycophantic, spineless and hypocritical’.
Hancock: Government operates better without Cummings
Matt Hancock hits back at Dominic Cummings allegations over his conduct during the pandemic.
Cummings’ testimony was a slight on our constitution
Cummings’ testimony on May 26 was a constitutionally significant moment.
Match the claim to the blame!
Can you match the claim to who was to blame?
