Biography

November 25, 1971 · Durham, England, UK

Dominic McKenzie Cummings

When Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg appeared on 2015 UK Election Special 1 (2015), he was told that a Home Office advisor had reportedly called him "a w**ker" and asked who he thought the unnamed person was. Clegg instantly replied "Dominic Cummings." When asked who he himself would call "a w**ker," he instantly gave the same reply.

Played by Benedict Cumberbatch in the TV movie "Brexit: The Uncivil War" (2019).

Chief Adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson from July 2019, he is the nephew of judge John Laws (10 May 1945 - 5 April 2020).

Former Prime Minister David Cameron called him "a career psychopath".

People think, and by the way I think most people are right: 'The Tory party is run by people who basically don't care about people like me.' That is what most people in the country have thought about the Tory party for decades. I know a lot of Tory MPs and I am sad to say the public is basically correct. Tory MPs largely do not care about these poorer people. They don't care about the NHS. And the public has kind of cottoned on to that.

[on allegations that he broke lockdown rules during the coronavirus outbreak] It's not just a simple matter of regulations. The regulations describe various exceptional circumstances where it may not be possible to follow the rules.

[writing in 2014] We should stop selecting leaders from a subset of Oxbridge egomaniacs with a humanities degree and a spell as a spin doctor.

[2023, responding to Nadine Dorries' claims that a 'plot' removed Boris Johnson from power] She's right, there was a giant conspiracy including MI6, the CIA and, most crucially, the KGB special operations department. It's a tribute to Nadine she has figured this out. The movement wishes her well.