.@BorisJohnson's former aide Dominic Cummings is appearing before a House of Commons committee to set out a series of potentially damaging claims about his former boss’ handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Cummings says he warned the prime minister on March 12 that the government's Covid plans were "terrifyingly s***" and that hundreds of thousands of people would die unless he locked down the country immediately. businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-…
Cummings, who left Johnson's government last year, apologised for his own failure to act earlier to prevent the more than 120,000 people in the UK who have died of the coronavirus. businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-…
Cummings revealed claims that the UK prime minister had dismissed the coming pandemic as a "scare story" and even offered to be injected with the virus on live television to show it was nothing to be scared of. businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-…
Cummings said the then Cabinet Secretary Mark Sedwill wanted the prime minister to encourage people to get the virus, in hopes of achieving “herd immunity by September.” businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-…
Aides to Boris Johnson earlier this week feared that Cummings could claim that Johnson skipped crucial coronavirus meetings to write a book on Shakespeare to fund his divorce, per @thesundaytimes. businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-…
Downing Street believe that Cummings, who was ejected from office last year following an internal row over the influence of Johnson's fiancee Carrie Symonds, is determined to seek revenge on Johnson. businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-…
Trump derailed the UK government's coronavirus planning at a crucial moment in March last year after former he asked the UK to "join a bombing campaign in the Middle East," according to Cummings. businessinsider.com/trump-boris-jo…
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