Boris Johnson confirms he will publish communications with James Dyson
Boris Johnson has denied that he sought to block an inquiry into the leak of plans for a second coronavirus lockdown in England after Dominic Cummings’s explosive claims on Friday.
The prime minister’s former top adviser said his old boss wanted to stop the investigation after he was warned it could implicate a close friend of his fiancee Carrie Symonds.
Mr Cummings, who the prime minister had a day earlier accused of “systematic leaking”, wrote in a lengthy blog post that Mr Johnson had fallen “far below the standards of competence and integrity the country deserves”.
Boris Johnson was accused last night by Dominic Cummings of lacking “competence and integrity”.
In a post on his blog, Mr Cummings made the explosive allegation – denied by No 10 – that the prime minister had made a “mad” and “unethical” proposal to shut down a leak inquiry to avoid annoying his fiancee Carrie Symonds after one of her friends was implicated.
Mr Cummings, who had been accused of leaking by Downing Street, said that the PM’s attempt to get Tory donors to pay for the redecoration of his flat was “possibly illegal”.
Liam James24 April 2021 08:01
Discover more from Today Headline
Subscribe to get the latest posts to your email.