A good Daily Mail article today, about the way Dominic Cummings governed
his troops and instilled fear. Well worth a read.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8947985/The-chilling-warning-sent-government-special-adviser-NEIL-TWEEDIE.html
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He delighted in his hold over his 'troops', ordering them to attend
mandatory early-morning meetings, or ones held late on a Friday, during
which he'd make clear who was boss. 'If you leak, you will be marched from
your desk by the head of security at your department, your pass will be
taken off you and you will be sacked. You have no rights.'
I attended some of what was known as 'spad school' via Zoom (thankfully)
because of lockdown. A click on the video button and there he was,
Dominic Cummings, the most powerful unelected man in Britain. He acted
like it, too, sitting at the end of the Cabinet Room table, the Union Flag
draped behind him.
Here was Kim Il-Cummings, seemingly about to explain to the nation how,
regrettably, democracy must be suspended to save the people from
themselves. But instead of the Mao suit, Dom's attire was pure Weekend
Dad. T-shirt or sweatshirt, jeans maybe — studied scruffiness screaming
Silicon Valley blue-sky thinking.
Dom liked to start his Zoom conferences with a pithy monologue, during
which he disparaged stories written by political journalists — the
'reptiles', as he called them.