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Isn’t hindsight a marvellous thing? In an extraordinary performance, Dominic Cummings got out his colouring pencils on Wednesday and completely redrew the history of the pandemic. Adopting the role of the ‘judge-penitent’ – confessing his own sins to allow him to condemn others – Cummings painted a picture of hapless incompetence in government, in which his own brilliance and advice was often ignored. However, there are some glaring problems with his evidence:

Dominic Cummings said Health Secretary Matt Hancock should have been fired for repeated failures and lies.

The Health Secretary was speaking as he arrived home on Wednesday evening.

The Health Secretary was speaking as he arrived home on Wednesday evening.

Matt Hancock said he has not seen Dominic Cummings’ “performance” in full, after the Prime Minister’s former aide told MPs he should have been sacked as Health Secretary. Mr Cummings said Mr Hancock should have been fired over coronavirus failings and “criminal, disgraceful behaviour” on the testing target. Boris Johnson’s ex-adviser also said Whitehall’s top official recommended to the Prime Minister that Mr Hancock should be sacked. As he arrived at his north London home on We...

Matt Hancock said he has not seen Dominic Cummings’ “performance” in full, after the Prime Minister’s former aide told MPs he should have been sacked as Health Secretary. Mr Cummings said Mr Hancock should have been fired over coronavirus failings and “criminal, disgraceful behaviour” on the testing target. Boris Johnson’s ex-adviser also said Whitehall’s top official recommended to the Prime Minister that Mr Hancock should be sacked. As he arrived at his north London home on We...

The Health Secretary was speaking as he arrived home on Wednesday evening.

Boris Johnson wanted Chris Whitty to inject him with Covid-19 live on TV, claims Dominic Cummings Dominic Cummings, former Chief Adviser to British prime minister Boris Johnson, giving evidence to a joint inquiry of the Commons Health and Social Care and Science and Technology Committees on the subject of Coronavirus: lessons learnt. Picture by PA Wire  26 May, 2021 10:35 Ian Knox cartoon 26/5/21  Boris Johnsons former chief adviser Dominic Cummings has claime...

Cancers associated with smoking are caused “almost entirely for profit”, England’s chief medical officer has said. In a lecture to Gresham College, Professor Chris Whitty said that there had been “almost no improvement” in lung cancer mortality over time and that it was a “largely preventable” cancer. More people could die this year from smoking than Covid-19, he said. He also raised concern about “slow” advances in medical science for dementia. Prof Whitty said: “This is no...

Professor Chris Whitty said that more people could die this year from smoking than Covid.