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Nigel Farage has insisted that the departure of Boris Johnson’s top adviser from Downing Street means a “Brexit liquidation” is looming.
Brexit Party leader Mr Farage said he had never liked the British Prime Minister’s outgoing senior adviser Dominic Cummings, but admitted he was concerned about the consequences of his departure.
Cummings left No. 10 with a box last night when he resigned as Johnson’s right-hand man, though he will continue to work for him through mid-December.
Mr Farage tweeted: “It is well documented that I never liked Dominic Cummings, but he has supported Brexit.
“Seeing him come out of Number 10 with a cardboard box tells me that the Brexit sale is near.”
The comments came after Downing Street insisted that Cummings’ departure would not affect the Brexit talks.
Cummings’ dramatic departure from Number 10 comes at a crucial moment in the post-Brexit talks between the UK and Brussels.
Boris Johnson’s official spokesman, James Slack, insisted that suggestions that the British government might compromise on key principles following Cummings’ decision to leave were “simply untrue.”
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Cummings was widely seen as the mastermind behind the victorious Vote Leave campaign in the 2016 UK referendum on leaving the EU.
Talks on a free trade deal between the UK and the EU have continued this week in London and are due to “pause” over the weekend before resuming next week in Brussels.
London and the EU are trying to finalize a post-Brexit trade deal after the current transition period ends on December 31.
Speculation has surrounded the future of UK chief Brexit negotiator Lord David Frost, but he has remained in his role as the talks rise to a higher level.
Meanwhile, former Brexit Secretary David Davis said Dominic Cummings’ departure from Downing Street with a cardboard box was “completely deliberate” as he wanted to leave a “picture”.
The Conservative MP told BBC Breakfast today that Cummings could have gone through a less conspicuous entrance to avoid the press he expected, but chose not to.
Davis said: “Dominic almost certainly decided he was going to leave a picture. That would have been completely deliberate.
“He chose to leave that image out with a box. He could have perfectly put his coffee cup or whatever else was in his backpack, but he didn’t.”
Also today, Conservative MP Crispin Blunt said that Boris Johnson should not have supported Dominic Cummings following his controversial trip to Durham and driving to Barnard Castle, leading to claims that he broke lockdown rules.
When asked by Times Radio if he was right in endorsing the advisor, Blunt said: “With the benefit of hindsight, no. However, you should make a call about what is considered fair and appropriate in the circumstances and Boris made a call about that “.
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