But as this newspaper reported that day, Britain was already an outlier within Europe in the slowness of its response. Cummings accused Hancock of lying repeatedly to other ministers and to the public, adding that he should have been fired for 10 or 15 reasons. But his most damning charge was against the prime minister, whom he accused of being unfit for office. “There’s a very profound question in the nature of our political system, any system that leaves people with the choice between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn is obviously a system that’s gone extremely badly wrong,” he said. By the time he left Downing Street last November, Cummings was trying to surround Johnson with people who would prevent the prime minister from following his instincts.

Source: The Irish Times May 26, 2021 16:41 UTC