Women died as a result of domestic abuse during the first lockdown partly because of a lack of diversity in No 10, a former senior civil servant has said, criticising Boris Johnson for failing to challenge “violent and misogynistic language” used about her.
Helen MacNamara was giving evidence to the Covid-19 inquiry a day after an appearance by Dominic Cummings, Johnson’s former top aide, who was asked about messages in which he said No 10 was “dodging stilettos from that cunt”.
