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Dominic Cummings, the influential and controversial “architect” of the Brexit campaign, left the post of special adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson earlier than announced, a government source told AFP on Friday night..
Councilman Dominic Cummings was due to leave before the end of the year, but left the Downing Street residence on Friday night. A government source has confirmed that he will not be officially hired from mid-December, writes Agerpres.
His departure follows Wednesday’s communications director at Downing Street, his ally Lee Cain.
Struggle for power in the British government
The press writes that this is a power struggle within the government. Both were part of the hard wing of the Brexiters, ready to leave the EU without a deal with Brussels. His departure comes at a time when negotiations between London and Brussels have entered a straight line to try to reach an agreement on future trade relations after December 31.
Cummings played an important role in the prime minister’s victory in the early December elections, won by the Conservatives. The considerable influence he had with the prime minister, his combative approach and the desire to control everything, according to the press, led to a climate of permanent tension within the executive and the conservatives.
Dominic Cummings has made many enemies
Dominic Cummings has made many enemies, including in the conservative field, since his appointment, with the arrival to power of Boris Johnson in July 2019.
At the knife with the administrative staff, due to their desire to reform the public function, it is suspected that it has been at the origin of a series of dismissals of ministerial assistants, accused of not defending the cause of Brexit with enough force.
“Councilors come and go,” Transportation Minister Grant Shapps told Sky News on Friday morning. “We will miss him, but we are moving into a different phase,” Brexit and the massive testing during the pandemic, to which Cummings contributed, have come to an end. “In all governments, you need people to change things and propose ideas, and that was it,” he added.
Editor: Luana Pavaluca
