It is perhaps not surprising that Dominic Cummings used some 'strong' language as he responded to his former boss Boris Johnson's apology about a garden party at Number 10 during the first lockdown in May 2020.
Former aide Mr Cummings - no stranger to Covid rule breaking controversy - said the PM's excuse that he thought the event was within the rules was "bullsh*t".
Now a prominent critic of the Prime Minister, Mr Cummings said he had objected to the invitation sent by No 10’s principal private secretary Martin Reynolds because it was obviously a social event, not work.
On Twitter he said that the Prime Minister’s “technically within the rules” excuse was because the alternative was to admit that he had broken the rules and resign.
Mr Cummings said: “Whole point of why I & other official told MR – WTF YOU DOING HOLDING A PARTY – was cos the invite = obv totally SOCIAL NOT WORK (UNlike all the mtngs in garden).
“No way ‘technically within rules’.
"That was “bullshit cos altern is admit he broke rules + resign”.
Mr Cummings left Downing Street in November 2020 amid a bitter row in No 10. He had been accused earlier that year of a lockdown busting trip from London to Durham and another car drive to 'test his eyesight'.
