OK, I will then. The idea that Cummings is just cleverer than those people that literally did as they were told is self serving drivel and indicates an underlying I’m all right jack ethos.

Or a Rasputin. And we all know how that ended up. Cummings might even get a cheesy pop song named after him in a few decade's time.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

If it's anywhere near as good as the original then there's solace in that.

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'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Daddy cool?

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

Cummings eventual downfall and he will end up going before the next election, is that he is a zealot. The Civil Service as a whole LOATHE him with a passion because he makes no bones about how useless he thinks they all are collectively and they will eventually get him. Question is how much damage/reform can he inflict/bring about before then and this is the real battle from here on, if the Media do not get him this week.

Cummings no doubt gets a huge buzz from being the enemy and I suspect his instinct is far more suited for attack than defence and therein could lay his demise. And Johnson is one of the most ruthless political operators in the modern era. Never been fooled by those slight gormless exterior. All act.

The second he views Cummings as a liability or a threat to his Premiership, he will drop him without a seconds hesitation.

I also believe that Cummings is a tad over-hyped. He got all the plaudits for the Brexit vote because I believe many on the Remain side could not bear to acknowledge that really it was Farage who shattered their dreams. That Film 4 'Brexit' film showed you that the nice middle-class Remain types much preferred the narrative of one of their own privately educated and Oxbridge University educated types, who had gone rogue, besting them rather than the coarse oafs of Farage and co.

But we will see. If the Media do not nail him this week then his nemesis will come in the form of a faceless Civil Servant.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

Already noticed a lessening in the shrillness today. Saw claims last night that one of Cummings kids might be autistic. Meaning that the issue of childcare, and more importantly who is suitable for that role, becomes a lot more nuanced than normal.

Could be a lot of red-faces this morning.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.