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Dominic Mckenzie Cummings (born 25 November 1971) is a British political strategist who served as Chief Adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson from 24 July 2019 until he resigned on 13 November 2020.
Jul 20, 2021 · Dominic Cummings was never going to go quietly after being forced out of Downing Street at the end of last year. But the number, and seriousness, of his claims about what went on at the heart...
- The government 'failed' "Tens of thousands of people died, who didn't need to die," Mr Cummings said. Earlier, he said sorry for ministers, officials and advisers "like me" for falling "disastrously short of the standards that the public has a right to expect".
- PM 'not fit for office' Mr Cummings made a series of allegations against his former boss Boris Johnson, including: He dismissed the emerging coronavirus as "the new swine flu" and "just a scare story" - and pledged to be injected "live on TV with the virus so everyone realises it's nothing to be frightened of'"
- Hancock 'should have been fired' Mr Cummings appeared to reserve his harshest criticism for Health Secretary Matt Hancock. Mr Hancock "should have been fired for at least 15 to 20 things", Mr Cummings said, as he alleged the health secretary
- First lockdown delay. Mr Cummings said it was "obvious" in retrospect that the UK should have locked down in the first week of March at the latest - and it was a "huge failure" on his part not to alert the prime minister.
May 27, 2021 · The prime minister's former chief special adviser, Dominic Cummings, spent seven hours giving evidence to parliamentary committees about the government's response to the pandemic.
- The government 'failed' "Tens of thousands of people died, who didn't need to die," Mr Cummings said. Earlier, he said sorry for ministers, officials and advisers "like me" for falling "disastrously short of the standards that the public has a right to expect".
- PM 'not fit for office' Mr Cummings made a series of allegations against his former boss Boris Johnson, including: He dismissed the emerging coronavirus as "the new swine flu" and "just a scare story" - and pledged to be injected "live on TV with the virus so everyone realises it's nothing to be frightened of'"
- Hancock 'should have been fired' Mr Cummings appeared to reserve his harshest criticism for Health Secretary Matt Hancock. Mr Hancock "should have been fired for at least 15 to 20 things", Mr Cummings said, as he alleged the health secretary
- First lockdown delay. Mr Cummings said it was "obvious" in retrospect that the UK should have locked down in the first week of March at the latest - and it was a "huge failure" on his part not to alert the prime minister.
Nov 15, 2020 · Dominic Cummings found hundreds of miles from home. He later campaigned against Labour's proposal for an elected regional assembly in the North East, before going on to work as a special adviser for Michael Gove.
The Dominic Cummings scandal, or the Dominic Cummings affair, was a series of events involving the British political strategist Dominic Cummings during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.
