apparently in a message to mr cummings, wrote, "on ppe, it's been a disaster." and appears to have suggested taking hancock off and putting gove on. to which mr cummings seems to have replied, "this would have a severe risk of making it worse, not better." reporter: did you really thinkj matt hancock was useless, sir? borisjohnson's team says they have full confidence in mr hancock. but dominic cummings was part of making the decisions that affected thousands of lives and deaths. strip away the personal animosity and the huge political bust—up, and he's not the only voice critical of the government's handling of care homes, of testing, of the speed of lockdown at the start. and no secretary of state wants to be asked this kind of question. reporter: are you - hopeless, mr hancock? i don't think so. "are you hopeless?" "i don't think so," he says. asked about his own competence ahead of a vote on covid today... the right honourable gentleman now forever branded as "hopeless -