Former advisor to Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings described the Cabinet Office during Covid as a 'dumpster fire' when giving evidence to the Covid…
Dominic Cummings was speaking with the Covid-19 Inquiry because of his key role within the Boris Johnson administration in the early days of the pandemic.Later in the Covid-19 inquiry, he said that an “overall dysfunctional system” was in place during the national emergency.
When asked to focus on the overall government structure, he said: “I would say, overall, it’s widespread failure but pockets of excellent people and pockets of excellent teams doing excellent work within an overall dysfunctional system.”When asked if everyone in Downing Street referred to Boris Johnson as a"trolley", Mr Cummings confirmed this.Cummings then revealed that the then-PM was visited by"pop-ins" who would convince him to change tact.
Mr Cummings was the former Prime Minister's top political aide in Downing Street and was granted this role after previously leading Vote Leave in 2016 as well as the Conservative Party's 2019 election campaign. Mr Cummings made the journey by car from London at the end of March 2020 when the Government had instructed people to stay at home.
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