{"id":26975,"date":"2023-11-29T16:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T16:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cahootie.com\/?p=26975"},"modified":"2023-11-29T16:19:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T16:19:02","slug":"pm-in-all-but-name-sajid-javid-re-sparks-longtime-feud-with-dominic-cummings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahootie.com\/politics\/pm-in-all-but-name-sajid-javid-re-sparks-longtime-feud-with-dominic-cummings\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018PM in all but name\u2019 Sajid Javid re-sparks longtime feud with Dominic Cummings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dominic Cummings blasts Cabinet members as ‘useless f***pigs’<\/h3>\n

Sajid Javid accused Dominic Cummings of acting like he was \u201cprime minister in all but name\u201d, and of sidelining key decision-makers as part of a No. 10 power play.<\/p>\n

The revelations came at another news-packed day at the Covid Inquiry, with the former Chancellor reigniting his feud with Boris Johnson\u2019s right-hand man.<\/p>\n

The pair had a major falling out after Mr Cummings unceremoniously sacked one of Mr Javid\u2019s special advisers, having her marched out of No. 10 by a machine gun-carrying member of security.<\/p>\n

Shortly after Mr Javid was told he could stay on as Chancellor, but only if he sacked all his advisers – something he refused to do and sensationally quit Government.<\/p>\n

Mr Javid said he resigned after feeling that Boris Johnson was \u201cnot in charge\u201d and it was actually Mr Cummings \u201crunning the Government\u201d.<\/p>\n

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He said: \u201cI would say during my time as chancellor I considered he sought to act as the prime minister in all but name and he tried to make all key decisions within No. 10 – not the prime minister.\u201d<\/p>\n

He claimed that Downing Street had been \u201cdesigned\u201d to give power to Mr Cummings instead of the Cabinet.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIt was clear that in Dominic Cummings that the PM had picked someone he had decided to trust with a huge amount of responsibility and power.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany times I felt that many of the key decisions were being made by Mr Cummings rather than by the Prime Minister.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Javid, who was eventually brought back by Mr Johnson as Health Secretary after the resignation of Matt Hancock, told the inquiry in his witness statement that the Cabinet Mr Johnson had appointed going into the pandemic \u201chad less experience of being in government or holding offices of state than many previous cabinets\u201d.<\/p>\n

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