behind him all the way. i had the prime minister's wholesome support all the way through. remember how close dominic cummings and borisjohnson were. but, having promised evidence to back up his blasts from the outside, the former adviser has now published some of the messages the pair sent. in those crucial days at the start of the emergency, the adviser apparently messaged the prime minister accusing the health secretary of failing to ramp up testing. the prime minister seems to have replied in expletive—filled terms. later, mr cummings raised concerns about ventilators. officials had admitted they'd been turning them down because of price mark—ups. borisjohnson seems to have replied, "it's hancock, "he has been hopeless." a month on, the prime minister, apparently in a message to dominic cummings wrote, "on ppe, it's been a disaster," and seemed to suggest taking hancock off and putting gove on. dominic cummings seems to have replied, this would have the severe risk of making