In Nadine Dorries new book, The Plot: The Political Assassination of Boris Johnson, she reveals what really goes on behind the doors of number 10 and who the actual power players are.
That was from an extremely successful individual who worked with him for a short period and had to seek professional help as a result.His anger towards others leads some to say he's a psychopath. When he worked as adviser to Michael Gove at Education, civil servants complained of an 'aggressive, intimidating culture'.
Who had the upper hand? I initially saw Cummings as Oddjob to Gove's Goldfinger but then I asked the source I'm calling Moneypenny: didn't Cummings just do everything Gove told him? She laughed and threw her head back: 'It was the other way around. You should have heard Cummings on the phone to Gove; he barks orders at him and Gove obeys. Dom lived up to this nickname as the Dark Lord and Gove became a puppy dog, doing exactly as Cummings demanded of him.
'At first it's all so plausible as he reels off the name of books he tells you to read but actually he just chats s**t. He sounds good, but does nothing, other than create bad feeling and trouble.' On the morning following the 2019 Election, Cummings said he would deliver the winning speech to the nation on the behalf of Boris Johnson
Boris told me: 'He would decide what he wanted to happen and would try to bounce me by briefing out to the media that the decision had been taken. 'Cummings entered the room at 19.37 and shut the door so that there were just the two of them in that very small room. He asked her how she was enjoying things so far. She said that they were good, that she was busy. She said she had remained in place when the previous Chancellor had left so hadn't yet had a break in over a year.
'The room was filled with No10 aides. A number of them were now also standing directly outside the room Sonia was in. Cummings did not go into the room but shouted loudly across it at the top of his voice, 'Clare! Clare!' 'He turned to the room and shouted: 'This lady used to work for the Prime Minister, she no longer works for the Prime Minister.' An armed police officer appeared to escort her out. Sonia was profoundly upset and pleaded: 'I would like to know what I've done,' but Cummings wouldn't answer.'
'There had been serious leaks, frequently and far too many,' explained Moneypenny. 'It was becoming very hot for someone in the No10 kitchen as the calls from MPs for a leak inquiry began with ferocity.'
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