"I just thought, I'm not going to be chancellor in name only. I'm not going to be a puppet, Javid continued. I did say to the prime minister at the time, You realise you're the actual puppet here, right? Dominic Cummings is running rings around you, and you can't even see it.' At the time, he couldn't see it. He denied it and said That's not the case. You don't understand him. You've got him wrong. You guys should become friends and this and that'."
"Speaking to the Institute for Government (IfG), Javid also said that his other departure from Johnson's government, shortly before it collapsed in 2022, was because he had lost confidence in the prime minister after being assured that allegations about lockdown-breaking parties in No 10 were bullshit. Asked to assess the three prime ministers he served under, Javid, who ran six different government departments in eight years, described Johnson as the least well briefed, compared with David Cameron and Theresa May."
Sajid Javid resigned as chancellor in February 2020 rather than dismiss his Treasury special advisers and accept advisers appointed by Dominic Cummings. Javid refused to be chancellor in name only and accused Cummings of running rings around Boris Johnson. Javid returned as health secretary in 2021 and resigned again in 2022 alongside Rishi Sunak after losing confidence in the prime minister following assurances that allegations about lockdown-breaking parties in No 10 were 'bullshit.' Javid served six government departments in eight years and assessed Johnson as the least well briefed compared with David Cameron and Theresa May.
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