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Back in June 2019 – when it became clear Boris was sailing to victory in the Tory leadership election, but there were serious divisions between his official campaign and allies of his partner Carrie Symonds – I wrote: ‘There cannot be two competing Boris campaigns. There cannot be two competing Boris Downing Streets.
And there cannot be two competing Boris administrations. At the moment there is Team Boris and there is Team Carrie. The next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is going to have to choose between them.’
Boris never chose. Which is why this morning his Government is eating itself alive.
Boris Johnson s defence on sleaze is busted , says Labour leader
Sir Keir Starmer has said Boris Johnson s defence is busted as he attacks the Prime Minister over sleaze, sleaze, sleaze .Â
The Labour leader, who is on the campaign trail ahead of May 6 elections, said that there was a deep sense now that it is one rule for them and another for everyone else.
The documents published yesterday showed that David Cameron has been texting anybody who will reply to him.. but it s not just David Cameron, Sir Keir added. It is increasingly obvious that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson himself has been involved, he added.Â
Your 5am headlines from The Telegraph s news team
23 April 2021 • 5:00am
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1. Dominic Cummings accused of being ‘Chatty Rat’ leaker
Dominic Cummings was on Thursday night named by Downing Street sources as the person suspected of leaking text messages sent by the Prime Minister.
The former chief adviser to Boris Johnson is the prime suspect in the leaking of messages which implicated the Prime Minister in two separate lobbying scandals.
Sorting through the shrapnel: what Dominic Cummings’ grenade-ridden riposte means
In an explosive blog post, PM s former adviser denied leaking – and then returned fire. Here, we examine the claims in the briefing war
23 April 2021 • 9:37pm
Dominic Cummings said it was sad to see the PM and his office fall so far below the standards of competence and integrity the country deserves
Credit: Hollie Adams /Bloomberg
In a blog posted on Friday evening, Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s former de facto chief of staff, fired off an extraordinary salvo in response to a Downing Street briefing that he was the source of a series of leaks that had seriously undermined the Prime Minister. And then he lobbed in a grenade. Or two.