The Burner

THE BURNER 239: The Cummings Gambit

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Episode notes

Cummings bets that he can cling on – and Johnson backs him. Has he miscalculated? Will it matter?

What does the Cummings crisis reveal about our politics – and the Tory attitude to law?

James Butler on Cummings and the dark world of advisers: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/23/dominic-cummings-reign-shadowy-world-spads