'She's a professional woman in her own right, she happens to be married to the Prime Minister and I think we should just get on with the job of being married to the Prime Minister'. Mr Cummings said she believed then and now that Mr Johnson didn't 'have a plan'. 'Carrie's view was - and is - the Prime Minister doesn't have a plan and he doesn't know how Whitehall works,' he said. He added the PM said: 'It's ludicrous that Dave [Cameron] was prime minister, it's ludicrous that George [Osborne] wants to be prime minister. Mr Cummings also claimed that Mr Johnson repeatedly said 'we should never have done the first lockdown'.

Source: The Nation July 21, 2021 10:52 UTC