Three national newspapers last night splashed on No. 10 source claims that Dominic Cummings was responsible for WhatsApp leaks about Boris Johnson’s government. Less than 24 hours later the former chief adviser has opted to return fire, unleashing a 1,091 blog post in vintage Cummings style.
It begins in typically combative style – ‘the Prime Minister’s new director of communications Jack Doyle, at the PM’s request, has made a number of false accusations to the media’ – going on to rebut reported claims in recent months. You can read the full version here but below are the top three ‘Dom bombs’ picked out by Steerpike:
1) Cummings claims Henry Newman was responsible for the ‘chatty rat’ leak
In December the government was forced to hurriedly announce plans for a second national lockdown after they were leaked late on Friday night to several newspapers.
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