Dominic Cummings blasts Cabinet members as ‘useless f***pigs’<\/h3>\n

Michael Gove\u2019s ex-wife Sarah Vine has leapt to Boris Johnson\u2019s defence, after watching hours of vitriolic abuse hurled at him by his former advisors during yesterday\u2019s Covid inquiry.<\/p>\n

Ms Vine, a Mail columnist, said that Dominic Cummings\u2019s \u201cdetermination to paint Boris as lazy, incompetent, almost criminally responsible\u2026 simply doesn\u2019t chime with what I saw going on behind the scenes\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ms Vine was married to Cabinet Minister Michael Gove during the pandemic, whom she pointed out has not historically shied away from harshly criticising Mr Johnson.<\/p>\n

However she said that when she asked Mr Gove how Mr Johnson was coping with Covid, he \u201cprofessed himself impressed\u201d.<\/p>\n

He replied: \u201cTo be fair to Boris, he’s the best I’ve ever seen him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mr Gove, in contrast to Lee Cain and Dominic Cummings, described Mr Johnson as \u201cConscientious, rigorous, decisive, and on top of his brief\u201d.<\/p>\n

The now-Levelling Up Secretary has been accused of stabbing Boris Johnson in the back at least twice, with Ms Vine arguing that if he thought the PM lacking in any way, he \u201cwould have been the first to say something – to me, but also, more importantly, to Boris\u2019s face\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ms Vine argued that Mr Gove was \u201cgenuinely impressed\u201d with the PM\u2019s Covid efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why I just don’t buy Lee Cain and Dominic Cummings’s utterly contrasting account of Boris’s behaviour, as told to the Covid inquiry yesterday.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir determination to paint Boris as a lazy, incompetent, almost criminally irresponsible Prime Minister \u2014 at times in thrall to his jezebel of a wife \u2014 simply doesn’t chime with what I saw going on behind the scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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  She accuses Mr Cain and Mr Cummings of having an \u201calmost unhinged vendetta\u201d.<\/p>\n

  Ms Vine said: \u201cHell hath no fury like a Spad scorned.\u201d<\/p>\n

  The star Mail columnist said she knew for a fact Boris Johnson was working \u201cflat out\u2019 during the pandemic, something she was partly privy to given the large number of Zoom meetings Mr Gove had while working from home.<\/p>\n

  \u201cI know from the conversations I witnessed that he took that responsibility deadly seriously. He weighed up the options with utmost care. To say he agonised over decisions would be an understatement.\u201d<\/p>\n

  She took aim at Dominic Cummings and Mr Johnson\u2019s other right-hand advisers from the period, saying the PM needed the unwavering support of those closest to him, but instead got the opposite.<\/p>\n

  Mr Cummings and Mr Cain, Ms Vine argued, simply couldn\u2019t deal with the Prime Minister choosing to deviate from the script they had prepared for him.<\/p>\n

  She said: \u201cThey thought they were the ones calling the shots. And when it turned out they weren’t, they turned on Boris.<\/p>\n

  \u201cIt’s telling that yesterday, in giving evidence, Cain told the inquiry that Boris had the wrong ‘skill set’ to lead the country through the Covid crisis. What he really means is that Boris didn’t immediately do as he was told by Cummings, but sought advice elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

  Dominic Cummings came away from yesterday\u2019s inquiry session almost equally bruised as Boris Johnson.<\/p>\n

  He was accused of creating a toxic work environment in No. 10 for staff and ministers and using sexist and misogynistic language in messages about the UK\u2019s most senior female civil servant, Helen MacNamara.<\/p>\n

  Ms MacNamara gave evidence to the inquiry today.<\/p>\n

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