Dominic Cummings wants ‘revenge’ and is ready to ‘napalm’ Boris Johnson
The PM's ex-key aide will give evidence about his handling of the pandemic to MPs next week.
Dominic Cummings is preparing to ‘napalm’ Boris Johnson in a bid to exact ‘revenge’ against the Prime Minister, reports claim.
Mr Cummings is said to be determined to ‘destroy’ his former boss – describing him as a ‘clown who failed to learn the lessons of the first lockdown’.
And the ex-Downing Street aide will not stop ‘until Boris is no longer Prime Minister’, sources told The Times.
Mr Cummings, 49, is set to give evidence to a joint committee of MPs about the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis on Wednesday.
He is also expected to take a swipe at Health Secretary Matt Hancock by claiming he was not fit for the job – and his decisions cost lives.
The former advisor was pictured leaving Number 10 carrying a large box in November after a bitter power struggle and ‘toxic’ in-fighting said to have embroiled the Conservative leader’s fiancée, Carrie Symonds.
Despite a ceasefire apparently being agreed, after six months of public and private feuding, Mr Cummings is said to feel he is ‘justified in going on the offensive’.
He is intent on telling his version of events about Mr Johnson’s actions, according to allies.
‘He’s basically going to try and napalm him’, an insider reportedly said.
Mr Cummings apparently wants to lift the lid on how the Prime Minister dithered over lockdown.
He will argue the ‘catastrophic’ delay resulted in thousands of deaths – in an attempt to put ‘the right information in the public domain so people can learn the lessons’.
But the former advisor is also said to be focused on exposing Mr Johnson for failures during the pandemic.
‘He thinks Boris is a clown who failed to learn the lessons of the first lockdown and even when we had all the data and knew what was going to happen he did nothing.
‘He’s not going to stop. He’s not going to get bored,’ a source said of Mr Cummings.
The Prime Minister is ‘worried’ about what might emerge during next week’s hearing, reports suggest.
Mr Cummings has denied being a ‘chatty rat’ after being accused of a series of ‘hostile’ leaks, amid claims he is upset about the Government’s ‘great progress’ since his departure.
He was blamed for revealing private WhatsApp messages between Mr Johnson and businessman Sir James Dyson, sparking a lobbying row.
Mr Cummings is also said to have outed details about the Prime Minister’s flat above 11 Downing Street getting a makeover, sparking a wave of criticism.
Downing Street pointed the finger at the former advisor, claiming he was ‘engaged in systematic leaking’, it was claimed in April.
But he hit back in a blog, accusing his ex-boss of ‘unethical, foolish and possibly illegal’ behaviour over the refurb.
Mr Cummings says he will hand over texts, emails and Whatsapp messages from Johnson.
The joint committee reportedly said it will publish any information relevant to the handling of the pandemic.
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