DESNE MASIE: Cummings is central to Johnson’s turf war against UK treasury
Move against Sajid Javid raises questions about power special adviser has over the government
16 February 2020 - 17:25
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s first post-election cabinet reshuffle was meant to be a routine and predictable tweak — trim off a few Brexit ultras here, clip a deadbeat or two there.
Except it all became a bit medieval — a little Game of Thrones — when it was announced that chancellor of the exchequer Sajid Javid had resigned from the government because Johnson and his Rasputin-like special adviser Dominic Cummings had indicated that Javid’s reappointment was contingent on the sacking of all his advisers...
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