Super Dom' Cummings cunningly waits five years to reveal national security lapses | John Crace
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Super Dom' Cummings cunningly waits five years to reveal national security lapses | John Crace
"Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Super Dom! At a time of heightened worries about national security, who better than Dominic Cummings to shine a light on the murky world of spying? The man who turned a drive to Barnard Castle into an advert for SpecSavers. The man who gave us Brexit. Which one of us didn't vote for a 4% hit to GDP? The man who gave us Boris Johnson."
"Not to put too fine a point on it, Dom knows that Dom is a genius. The cleverest man in every room in which he finds himself. Though some might argue he should try finding some other rooms. He is the master of the double-double bluff. The man with the infallible strategy for winning at Traitors. Come the evening's round table, vote for yourself to be banished. That's the last thing anyone would expect a Traitor to do."
Dominic Cummings appears on Robert Peston's Talking Politics podcast after a Times interview about China and details lapses in national security. He presents himself as a self-proclaimed genius and insists on his intellectual superiority while critics note his history of leaking sensitive meetings and shaping media agendas. The narrative recalls a Downing Street bunker scene in early 2020 with Cummings in casual clothes and Boris Johnson eating cheese sandwiches, emphasizing chaotic government moments. The account juxtaposes Cummings' claims to authority with irony about his past conduct, highlighting tensions between his insights and his controversial role during Brexit and government service.
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