Thread by @Telegraph

♟ "For a man caricatured as an evil genius, there is a distinct lack of genius in Dominic Cummings’s evil plan to get rid of the Prime Minister"

Read the latest analysis from @GordonRayner: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/…

"Cummings's zealous offer to testify on oath that Johnson ignored warnings about a drinks party in No 10 was meant to be a coup de grâce – but, instead, it appears to have helped shore up the PM’s precarious position", writes @gordonrayner

"Because if MPs are forced to choose sides between Cummings and Johnson, there will only ever be one outcome"

telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/…

“There’s definitely been a shift in the way people are looking at this,” one former minister said.

🗣️“People can see that Cummings is a man who has only one objective in life, and that’s his personal vendetta against the Prime Minister. It’s a real turn-off.”

💬"Dominic Cummings's attempts to bring down the Prime Minister have been so haphazard that he does not appear to know what will resonate with the public and what will fall flat"

"Where most would-be assassins might use a sniper rifle, his weapon of choice is a blunderbuss"

➡️"Boris Johnson knows, however, that if there is a smoking gun, Cummings was almost certainly there when it was fired, and what makes Cummings so dangerous is, unlike other operators, he has no reason to hold back"

It has been reported that Sue Gray, the senior civil servant investigating “partygate”, will interview Cummings over his claim that the PM was warned the May 20 event would break lockdown rules

Boris Johnson has denied this outright 👇

"Cummings has told friends he will not stop until Johnson is gone"

Read the full story from @gordonrayner 👇
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