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From Covid to Kosovo: five things we learned from Boris Johnson’s memoir

Former PM’s doorstop-sized tome, Unleashed, recounts chequered political career in familiar boosterish tone

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson regrets not sacking ‘homicidal robot’ Dominic Cummings over Barnard Castle debacle

Boris Johnson had a blazing row with one of his closest former advisers over not sacking Cummings over alleged lockdown breaches and claims after that things got ‘weirder’

The Independent UK

‘A difficult hand played poorly’: how No 10 slipped from Sunak’s grasp

Initial Brexit success was undone by poor strategy and repeated unforced errors, say expert observers

The Guardian - UK

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Sunak’s new tactic will lead to Tory voters staying at home, warns Boris Johnson campaign strategist

Lee Cain worked on the Vote Leave campaign and was Boris Johnson’sommunications director. Now he has a warning for Rishi Sunak

The Independent UK

Sunak heads north after a flurry of Tory policies fail to move the dial in the polls

After week of campaign missteps, ‘reset’ is attempt to firm up base and beat back Reform UK, say observers

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry live updates: Rishi Sunak thought it was okay to let people die, Dominic Cummings claims

Sir Patrick made a note of what Dominic Cummings claimed Mr Sunak said in a meeting in October 2020

The Independent UK

'Westminster is lost': has Dominic Cummings quit politics for good?

Boris Johnson's former adviser is moving onto other things

Evening Standard

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A look inside Boris Johnson’s ‘feral’ No 10: this week at the Covid inquiry

Seven key moments, including top civil servants’ exasperation at chaotic environment in Downing Street

The Guardian - UK

Claims and conspiracies, and pulling the trigger on Johnson: Dorries’ book tells all

The Plot: the Political Assassination of Boris Johnson says a secretive Tory cabal brought down the ex-PM – and Rishi Sunak takes advice from ‘Dr No’

The Guardian - UK

Defiant Boris Johnson denies claims he was indecisive over lockdown as Covid gripped Britain

Former PM also insists he gave ‘highest priority’ to human life after inquiry heard he believed virus was nature’s way of dealing with the elderly

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson says Covid ‘indecision’ was him debating lockdown impact

In written evidence to Covid inquiry ex-PM admits being torn over first lockdown due to economic harm

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson will struggle to reverse narrative of ‘chaotic’ Covid reign

Inquiry evidence stacks up against former PM in repeated references to him being out of control and indecisive

The Guardian - UK

Macho posturing costs lives: another lesson from the Covid inquiry

Even Helen MacNamara, one of the most powerful women in Whitehall, was brushed aside when she raised concerns, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Let’s ease up on Johnson and Cummings: Covid was just the ‘wrong crisis’ for them, OK?

The Covid inquiry has hosted a parade of men who assure us they’re experts in everything – except their own incompetence, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Evening Standard

Deputy PM defends Rishi Sunak after Dominic Cummings blast at Covid inquiry

Oliver Dowden declines to call ex-chief of staff a liar but says other witnesses will also have their say

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson's final message to Dominic Cummings revealed at Covid inquiry

The former prime minister said there was an 'orgy of narcissim' in Government

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry live: MacNamara says Johnson failed to stop Cummings’ ‘misogynistic’ behavior

Former NHS and health chiefs now due to appear before Covid inquiry

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: What Boris Johnson’s closest advisers had to say for themselves at the Covid inquiry

In today’s newsletter: Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain gave evidence at Dorland House on Tuesday – what did they reveal?

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Evening Standard

Covid Inquiry: Biggest revelations from Dominic Cummings, Lee Cain, Helen MacNamara and other key players

From Number 10's 'macho overconfidence' to half-term holidays - the key takeaways

The Guardian - UK

Eight shocking revelations from Cummings and Cain at the Covid inquiry

From foul-mouthed rants about colleagues to ‘appalling neglect’ of vulnerable people, those close to Boris Johnson revealed workings of government at height of pandemic

The Guardian - UK

‘Nastiness, arrogance and misogyny’ of No 10 exposed at Covid inquiry

WhatsApp messages also reveal Boris Johnson’s dismissive attitude to millions of old people at risk from the virus

The Independent UK

What we have learned from the Covid inquiry so far this week

Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain were among the high-profile witnesses this week.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s handling of Covid crisis slammed by former top advisers

Ex-PM thought coronavirus was ‘nature’s way of dealing with old people’, inquiry hears, as bereaved relatives attack ‘psychotic’ comments

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Covid inquiry: shocking failures under the spotlight

Editorial: Evidence from Dominic Cummings and other key figures points to a deadly combination of chaos and recklessness

Evening Standard

Dithering Boris Johnson suggested Covid was nature dealing with elderly, inquiry hears

Former chief adviser Dominic Cummings hit out at a ‘dysfunctional system’ as the former prime minister ‘trollied’ indecisively

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