Why Sedwill is set to fall in Cummings assault on the civil service
Sir Mark Sedwill has long been accused of holding too much influence in Whitehall, because he occupied the dual roles of national security adviser and
Sir Mark Sedwill has long been accused of holding too much influence in Whitehall, because he occupied the dual roles of national security adviser and
A core part of the mythology of Dominic Cummings is the notion that he understands the punters. He has a connection that means he comprehends
It’s just as well that Thursday saw the last official “clap for carers”. Not because the health and care workers and all those others providing
In 1843, the historian Thomas Babington Macauley wrote “We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of
Let me ask you a very frank, direct – possibly even impertinent, in any context other than the current emergency – question. Have you ever,
Why sacrifice your trusted advisor when you could instead sacrifice the integrity and moral authority of the whole government during a global pandemic? After all,
Should you follow your instinct or follow the rules and guidance set in place by the government? That is the calculation we were invited to
There is considerable media and political class astonishment that Johnson should choose to take a flamethrower to his reputation by mounting such an implausible defence of Cummings as he did this evening.
None of us should be surprised though. Boris Johnson is, it should be clear by now, psychologically dependent on Dominic Cummings.
What is it about the Home Office? In the New Labour years it was the graveyard of ministerial careers. John Reid, on appointment as Home
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