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Dominic Cummings’ ‘misogynistic’ messages seen by Covid inquiry, George Osborne says
(www.theguardian.com)
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
“Disgusting and misogynistic” WhatsApp messages between Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings have been disclosed to the Covid inquiry, according to the former Conservative chancellor George Osborne.
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Speaking on his Political Currency podcast with Ed Balls, Osborne said he had been told that the latest messages shared with the inquiry contained foul and sexist language.
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Earlier this month, the inquiry heard that Angela McLean, now the government’s chief scientific adviser, referred to another leading scientist, Carl Heneghan, as a “fuckwit”.
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The Guardian revealed that Boris Johnson had told the inquiry he had been unable to access messages between 31 January and 7 June 2020, despite the phone being in action until the following spring.
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Other messages in a WhatsApp group containing Case, Cain and Cummings suggest the exasperation felt within Johnson’s inner circle at the government’s handling of the lockdowns.
According to the Times, Case said Johnson was keen to roll back social distancing regulations and announce: “We’re over Covid.” In one message, the then head of the civil service described this behaviour as “Trump Bolsonaro levels of mad and dangerous”.
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