Dominic Cummings

Dominic Cummings is right about one thing

The prime minister’s friend-turned-enemy is right to point out the government’s misguided plans for herd immunity last year. Ministers shouldn’t be allowed to deny it.

Pepys: Cummings and Goings

Dominic Cummings’ great achievement was to glamourise disruption

Thomas Becket Canterbury Cathedral

Martyr in the Cathedral

Why Thomas Becket’s murder 850 years ago remains a cautionary tale for special advisers today, says William Cash

Boris hasn't had the best time at the helm

Can Boris bounce back after his annus horribilis?

Since Boris Johnson won an 80-seat landslide at last year’s general election, he has never quite looked in control. But he could yet recover, says Harry Mount

Dominic Cummings Special

The End of ‘Domocracy’ at No 10

Dominic Cummings’s departure from Downing Street gives Boris Johnson the chance to reshuffle his team on more democratic lines, says former SpAd Peter Cardwell

Dominic Cummings Special

The Cummings Legacy Is Not What The Pundits Think

As Dominic Cummings leaves Downing Street for the last time, William Cash notes that his legacy will extend far beyond his own disruption of Whitehall