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Dominic Cummings: Boris Johnson aide given formal powers to sack cabinet ministers' advisers
18/09/2019
Move follows controversy over the dismissal of Treasury aide Sonia Khan - who was frogmarched out of Downing Street. / Dominic Cummings has been handed a new formal power to sack cabinet ministers' advisers, triggering a protest from the head of the civil service union.
PM and chancellor back purchase of 20% stake in troubled US operator OneWeb.
CakeWatch - Episode 59: Rentrée
04/09/2019
After a long absence, Steve is back co-hosting the podcast and here we all are again: parliament versus executive. Does Cummings have a grand strategy? Or is Johnson flying by the seat of his pants and about to crash? After a long evening watching Parliament TV, we catch up with each other and wonder where this shaggy dog story will go next.
PM’s chief advisor accused by Tory insiders of creating ‘mayhem in government’.
MPs are considering a bid to cancel the annual autumn recess set aside for party conferences in a fresh attempt to prevent Boris Johnson ploughing ahead with a no-deal Brexit on 31 October.
The government is facing increasing scrutiny over its decision to use “committed Brexiteer” lawyers to provide advice on the legality of breaching the EU withdrawal agreement.
There are good reasons to believe latest move is partly theatre, but there are hefty issues at stake.
Richard Porritt and Steve Anglesey return to round up another bonkers week in Brexit. / The pair discuss the faltering talks and ask if anything can now be done to get a deal.
The Johnson-Cummings plan is in bits on the floor of Parliament and Bojo’s jolly mask has well and truly slipped. As the petulant boy king threatens a General Election he can’t deliver, the Remainiacs team gather with special guest and journo Jonathan Lis of think tank British Influence to work out what happened and what it all really means.
Sanni claims that a donation of £625,000 was made by Vote Leave to an independent referendum campaign organisation called BeLeave.
Europe Letter: UK’s reputation diminished as EU capitals digest declaration to break law
‘If we have a populist in government who is flouting convention and acting in a way that bypasses the sovereignty of parliament, parliament will respond accordingly’
Dominic Cummings: Damaging legacy of ‘unelected bureaucrat’ will take years to undo, says Guy Verhofstadt
15/11/2020
European Parliament’s former Brexit chief takes aim at departing aide.
Proposed rewriting of data protection rules said to put vital cooperation in doubt.
Accusing rebel MPs and EU of ‘a terrible collaboration’, prime minister admits: ‘The longer that goes on, the more likely it is of course that we will be forced to leave with a no-deal Brexit’
Brexit: the arrogance, stupidity and lies
09/04/2021
In a 1940 essay, George Orwell made a number of what I think were some astute observations about the qualities of the English ruling class. He saw them as patriotic but “impenetrably stupid”. / “What is to be expected of them is not treachery or physical cowardice, but stupidity, unconscious sabotage, an infallible instinct for doing the wrong thing.”
Dominic Cummings’ 250-page paper attacks fear of elitism and waste of billions of pounds, and calls for slimmed-down ministry.
Gavin Williamson accepts the appointment of David Frost as national security adviser was a political move.
Tory minister is resisting calls to sell stake in Faculty as it expands its Whitehall reach
Boris Johnson’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings has told a Labour MP who complained about death threats that he should vote for a Brexit deal.
Richard Porritt and Steve Anglesey return for another deep dive into the putrid pool of British politics. / The pair argue over whether it was a good week for Remain and get under the skin of Dominic Cummings.
Confusion over Dominic Cummings’ departure as No 10 refuses to say if he has formally quit
13/11/2020
Unclear whether loser in Downing Street power struggle will sever his links entirely, or even retain a ‘hot desk’.
Johnson’s chief of staff lied to media about drafting of Benn act, Grieve says at PMQs.