#819 - Dominic Cummings - The Secrets Behind A Crumbling British Government

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Dominic Cummings is a political strategist who served as Chief Adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Dominic has masterminded some of the biggest events in recent history. From leading the Vote Leave campaign during Brexit to quarterbacking Boris Johnson's Covid response, he has seen the inside of UK and US government at their most chaotic. And what he knows is wild. Expect to learn just how inefficient the inside of government is, how the Conservatives lost so badly in the General Election, why immigration has gotten worse even after Brexit, what Dominic thinks about America's potential future under Kamala Harris, how it felt to have Benedict Cumberbatch play him in a movie and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from AG1 at https://drinkag1.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Dominic's Substack: https://dominiccummings.substack.com Dominic's Twitter: https://x.com/dominic2306 Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Dominic Cummings. He's a political
0:05.6	strategist who served as chief advisor to the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
0:10.4	Dominic has masterminded some of the biggest events in recent history from leading the vote leave
0:17.0	campaign during Brexit to quarterbacking Boris Johnson's COVID response.
0:21.3	He has seen the inside of UK and US government at their most chaotic,
0:27.0	and the things that he knows are absolutely wild.
0:31.2	Expect to learn just how inefficient the inside of government is,
0:34.8	how the Conservatives lost so badly in the recent general election,
0:38.5	why immigration has gotten worse even after Brexit,
0:41.8	what Dominic thinks about America's potential future under
0:44.7	Kamala Harris, how it felt to have Benedict Cumberbatch play him in a movie, and
0:49.9	much more.
0:52.1	Dominic is the bogeyman behind the scenes to many people and I imagine that there's lots of them who have
0:59.6	massive problems with the things that he says. But my God, the opportunity to hear someone
1:05.6	that has been this close to the absolute central seat of power inside of the
1:10.1	British government and all meetings with the leaders of countries from the EU and from the US.
1:16.0	It is so interesting to see exactly how these institutions, these organizations, the people within them hold on to power, their fears,
1:25.8	what it is that they're optimizing for.
1:27.2	It's so interesting.
1:28.0	If you have any desire to understand how countries are genuinely run, there is a lot of interesting insights to take away
1:36.3	from this one.
1:37.3	This episode is brought to you by Whoop.
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