DOMINIC Cummings unleashed on Boris Johnson and Cabinet “f***pigs” in bombshell evidence to the Covid inquiry yesterday.
The ex-No10 chief also described top ministers as “c***s” and “morons” in potty-mouthed texts sent through his time in charge.
And he revealed the state of Whitehall pandemic planning when the virus hit was "terrifyingly s***" and blamed health officials for lying to cover it up.
Daytime TV presenters were forced to keep apologising for the language as the one time Brexit-hero's sweary WhatsApps were read out live.
Yet unrepentant Mr Cummings insisted: “My appalling language is my own, but my judgement of a lot of senior people was widespread. It understated the position as events showed in 2020.”
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In key revelations at the Covid inquiry:
- Mr Johnson said did not believe the NHS would get overwhelmed ahead of the second wave
- Mr Cummings was pushing for the then PM to sack "proven liar" Matt Hancock
- The No10 maverick said the Cabinet was largely "irrelevant" to decision-making during Covid
- Top doc Patrick Vallance claimed Mr Johnson wanted to let "old people" get Covid
Lifting the lid on the chaos of the early days of the outbreak, he used his four-hour evidence session to savage Mr Johnson leadership.
He claimed “pretty much everyone” in Downing St secretly called him a “trolly” for veering all over the place.
In one exchange with then-comms director Lee Cain, Mr Cummings rages: “I’ve literally said [the] same thing ten f***ing times and he still won’t absorb it. I’m just exhausted talking to him and stopping the trolly”.
Slouching in a creased shirt for the marathon grilling, the scruffy svengali also let rip at the “bomb site” Cabinet Office, “proven liar” Matt Hancock and the government’s “joke” of a Covid plan.
He said vulnerable groups were “appallingly neglected” and tighter border controls may have prevented lockdowns.
But he had a rough ride from lawyer Hugo Keith KC over his notorious Barnard Castle dash during lockdown.
Mr Cummings admitted the saga “did cause a lot of people pain” and that the handling was “a disaster”.
He also told the probe it was “completely crackers” someone like him was brought in to work in No10.
Fresh texts sent during the pandemic were shown today as Mr Cummings and Mr Cain appeared to give evidence at the Covid inquiry.
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Another exchange from mid March 2020 - before lockdown was imposed - show Mr Cummings warning Mr Johnson the Cabinet Office was “terrifyingly s***”.
He added that the department - responsible for cross-government coordination - was a "bomb site" and "dumpster fire".
He also said Britain’s most senior civil servant at the time, Mark Sedwill, “hasn’t a scooby what’s going on and his own officials know he doesn’t”.
Further WhatsApps from October 2020 amid the second wave of coronavirus show Mr Johnson playing down fears for the NHS.
In a text chat with Mr Cummings and Mr Cain, he said Covid deaths were above the age of life expectancy, adding: “So get Covid and live longer.”
He then said: “And I no longer buy all this NHS overwhelmed stuff. Folks I think we may need to recalibrate”.
