GCgaydad, I did not claim that Cummings was sweetness and light.
However many many people are bruised by being called racist for wanting to leave the EU, many people are bruised by being labelled transphobic, and on and on.
There is a very unappealing totalitarianism that has taken hold of left leaning liberals. And it is self perpetuating as University lecturers, charity trustees, M&S Directors, senior civil servants and many more have learned that it can be dangerous to speak out. So there has been a cloning of views, which at times are increasingly removed from common sense.
I am happy to accept that Cummings is pretty unpleasant. He is a disruptor, a sort of wrecking ball, who could cause a lot of damage. But equally the left leaning policy making class do not get it.
It was not just Labour voters who hesitated before voting for Boris. Corbyn was worse, but that did not make Boris particularly appealing. The only hope was that at least Boris/Cummings appeared to be listening to people's concerns rather than tell them what they should be thinking/accepting.
The other hope is that people, like the good Baroness, like Liz Truss, like the many who remained silent, will now feel able to speak out. And that it will become clear that good politics come from respecting the will of the people.
My impression is that the DM is heading that way. Reading their reporting, my take was that they don't want Cummings to be destroyed by the left, but they don't mind him having his wings clipped significantly. And were quick to report on the fact that many within the Tories are pretty appalled as well.