Dominic Cummings | Is this the most explosive 'exit interview' ever?

As part of the ongoing Commons look into how the coronavirus pandemic was handled, Dominic Cummings, the former Chief Advisor to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, spoke to MPs about the role of his former boss.

Since departing from his Downing Street role in November of 2020 at the request of Johnson, Cummings has been a vocal critic of the Prime Minister, and many within his cabinet – many of which were highlighted in the seven-hour session, which could be likened to perhaps the most public exit interview in history.

Among the numerous explosive claims Cummings touted, whilst being questioned by the Commons Health and Science and Technology committees, was a damning allegation about his ex-boss Johnson. The former aide claimed that the Prime Minister was “not fit for office” and that he was a "thousand times too obsessed with the media” and its perception of him.

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"The heart of the problem was, fundamentally, I regarded him as unfit for the job. And I was trying to create a structure around him to try and stop what I thought would have been bad decisions, and push things through against his wishes," Cummings noted, as reported by the BBC.