The sitting of the Covid-19 Inquiry on Tuesday, 31 October, saw expletive-filled text messages between Dominic Cummings and former prime minister Boris Johnson unveiled publicly.
In the messages, Cummings, who was then-adviser to Johnson, appeared to be growing frustrated with the Cabinet Office, referring to it as ‘s***’, and the delays to introducing further lockdown measures they were allegedly causing.
He also accused Johnson of saying ‘stupid s****’ and described former health secretary Matt Hancock as the ‘c*** in charge of NHS’.
The inquiry continues to look into the government’s handling of the pandemic.
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