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 hancock by his own leader. well, for many of our constituents, when they ll be watching the
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
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 it worse, not better. reporter: did you really thinki 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, 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. and no secretary of state wants to be asked this kind of question. are you hopeless, mr hancock?
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 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, the huge political bust up, and he s not the only voice critical
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? boris johnson 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 hancock by his own leader. - well, for many of our - constituents, when they ll be watching the news tonight,