Allegations by Dominic Cummings that minister lied to PM and public seem to have backfired
Tory MPs who wish to see Matt Hancock leave the cabinet are frustrated this weekend. They believe that the health secretary’s career was already in the sights of Boris Johnson before Dominic Cummings’ full-frontal attack on Wednesday.
But as a consequence of Cummings’ explosive claims that Hancock repeatedly lied to Johnson, the cabinet and the public – resulting in tens of thousands of extra deaths from Covid-19 – senior Tories, including the PM, have been forced publicly to back the health secretary.
