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Boris Johnson’s Covid U-turns were like a ‘slow-moving car crash’, former aide says

Lee Cain said the government was making the same mistake ‘over and over again’

The Independent UK · Aug 18

Lee Cain: We found 4,000 government comms staff we didn’t know existed

IN THE ROOM: The former head of No 10 comms and Cummings ally on forgotten staff, the many ‘slow-moving car crashes’ of Covid, and Boris Johnson. Maja Anushka reports

The Independent UK · Aug 18

Lessons from No 10: When government comms go badly wrong | Lee Cain

“It's a comms problem” is the diagnosis politicians, pundits and the public often reach for whenever a prime minister flounders. It was arguably Keir Starmer’s biggest undoing. From the beginning, he failed to articulate what kind of prime minister he would be. In the end, nobody really knew what he…

The Independent UK · Aug 18

‘A difficult hand played poorly’: how No 10 slipped from Sunak’s grasp

Initial Brexit success was undone by poor strategy and repeated unforced errors, say expert observers

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2024

Sunak’s new tactic will lead to Tory voters staying at home, warns Boris Johnson campaign strategist

Lee Cain worked on the Vote Leave campaign and was Boris Johnson’sommunications director. Now he has a warning for Rishi Sunak

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2024

Sunak heads north after a flurry of Tory policies fail to move the dial in the polls

After week of campaign missteps, ‘reset’ is attempt to firm up base and beat back Reform UK, say observers

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024

Covid inquiry live updates: Rishi Sunak thought it was okay to let people die, Dominic Cummings claims

Sir Patrick made a note of what Dominic Cummings claimed Mr Sunak said in a meeting in October 2020

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2023

'Westminster is lost': has Dominic Cummings quit politics for good?

Boris Johnson's former adviser is moving onto other things

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2023

A look inside Boris Johnson’s ‘feral’ No 10: this week at the Covid inquiry

Seven key moments, including top civil servants’ exasperation at chaotic environment in Downing Street

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2023

Claims and conspiracies, and pulling the trigger on Johnson: Dorries’ book tells all

The Plot: the Political Assassination of Boris Johnson says a secretive Tory cabal brought down the ex-PM – and Rishi Sunak takes advice from ‘Dr No’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2023