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>Dominic Mckenzie Cummings (born 25 November 1971) is a British political strategist who served as Chief Adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson from 24 July 2019 until he resigned on 13 November 2020.[1]

Why should we care about a former government advisor who resigned 6 years ago, and isn't even in the same party as the government in power?

edit: retracted the "resigned in disgrace" part

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A) He's been closer to the levers of power than probably either of us, so would have a better view of how it would work and b) he didn't resign in disgrace.

>A) He's been closer to the levers of power than probably either of us, so would have a better view of how it would work and

But that's not an infinite excuse to extrapolate from one person's statement to the whole of uk political establishment. Not to mention he's not a totally neutral party either. According to wikipedia he's against the conservative party and supports Reform UK.

"In 2025 he dropped calls for the creation of a start-up party to replace the Tories and in a blog post in March talked up Reform UK."

> b) he didn't resign in disgrace.

You're right. I edited my comment.

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