Now No10 chief Dominic Cummings goes into self-isolation with coronavirus symptoms – days after Boris Johnson tested positive Downing Street chief Dominic Cummings goes into quarantine with symptoms Self-isolation comes days after Boris Johnson was diagnosed with coronavirus News will fuel fears the disease is running riot through the heart of government Health Secretary Matt … Read more
The founder of the People’s Republic of China, Mao Zedong, invented a term for ‘reactionaries’ in the West who made threats against his regime. He called them ‘paper tigers’ — the ancient Chinese word is zhilaohu. What Mao (whose vast portrait still looms over Beijing’s Tiananmen Square) meant was that we, to use an equally … Read more
Dominic Cummings was spotted running out of Downing Street this morning – shortly after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced he had tested positive for coronavirus. The No 10 senior adviser looked to be in a hurry as he dashed out of the front door down towards the residence’s back gate. Viewers joked that Mr Cummings … Read more
As so often in her 68-year reign, the Queen gets it right. In her statement to the country (and the Commonwealth) last week on meeting the challenge of the coronavirus, the monarch did not once use the word ‘war’. There was just the suggestive phrase ‘I am reminded that our nation’s history has been forged … Read more
Downing Street fury over ‘let OAPs die’ accusation: No 10 angrily denies claims that Dominic Cummings said pensioners should be sacrificed to coronavirus to protect the economy By Larisa Brown Political Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 22 March 2020 | Updated: 00:25 GMT, 23 March 2020 Downing Street last night angrily denied claims … Read more
One million Britons stranded: Dominic Raab reveals ‘massive’ operation has been launched to arrange aid flights for people stuck overseas Up to a million stranded Britons are facing extortionate air fares to get home Dominic Raab said there was a ‘massive’ repatriation operation under way He is in talks with airlines on operating new routes … Read more
Boris Johnson’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings once pinned a political rival to a wall and threatened them, a new documentary claims. The BBC programme is the first in-depth look at the controversial former director of the Vote Leave campaign and pulls together interviews from more than 20 Cummings’s supporters and critics. Taking Control: The Dominic Cummings … Read more
Boris Johnson looks shattered. The bags under his eyes have bags of their own. This is unsurprising: he is where the buck stops in dealing with a public health crisis on a scale not seen in this country for generations. There is an additional reason, I suspect, for his mental turmoil. Inexorably, pressure is increasing … Read more
We don’t know how this will end, but we have a good idea of how it started. The coronavirus sweeping the world can be traced back to a food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the new strain first transferred from wildlife to humans. The idea of cross-species infection scares us because it … Read more
Ministerial adviser who confronted No10 chief Dominic Cummings over ‘unkind’ jibes during reshuffle is forced out of her government post two weeks later Lynn Davidson has left her post as adviser to Defence Secretary Ben Wallace The ‘Spad’ had rebuked Dominic Cummings over lack of ‘kindness’ to staff Sajid Javid quit last month after ultimatum … Read more