Dominic Cummings’ bombshell four-letter Covid WhatsApp rants about Boris Johnson explained

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Dominic Cummings branded Boris Johnson “exhausting” and in a foul-mouthed tirade said the cabinet was “useless f***pigs” in explosive WhatsApp messages revealed today at the Covid-19 inquiry. In a message sent to Mr Cain, Mr Cummings said he was sat in a meeting for two hours to try and prevent Mr Johnson saying stupid s***.” Mr Cain replied: “I’m exhausted with him.” ‘Jaws mode w***’ Mr Cummings wrote in a message to Mr Cain on March 19 2020, days before the first lockdown that, Mr Johnson was “melting down” in a meeting and “back to Jaws mode w***”. “The mayor was right all along to keep the beaches open because it would have been a long-term harm to the community - so it’s a sort of sub-reference to that.” ‘I’ve literally said same thing 10 f****** times’ In the same message to Mr Cain, Mr Cummings showed his frustration in trying to explain things to Mr Johnson and said: “I’ve literally said same thing 10 f****** times and he still won’t absorb it. Lead counsel Hugo Keith KC read out a message in which Mr Cummings referred to Ms MacNamara, he said: “We cannot keep dealing with this horrific meltdown of the British state while dodging stilettos from that c***.” ‘Know nothing on comms’ Mr Cummings was similarly uncomplimentary about Mr Hancock’s grasp of Covid communications as the pandemic hit the UK.