'Domshell' - The fallout

All Out Politics

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🗓️ 27 May 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Adam Boulton and guests discuss the explosive evidence given by the Prime Minister's former adviser Dominic Cummings to two select committees on the government's handling of the pandemic. In seven hours of testimony, Mr Cummings said that 'tens of thousands of people died, who didn't need to die,' suggested Boris Johnson is 'not fit for office' and argued that the Health Secretary should have been sacked 'for at least 15 to 20 things.'
'Fascinating but incendiary' was one MP's take on it as the government insists it's focused on the vaccine rollout and saving lives.
Joining Adam to examine the fallout and the response to Mr Cummings' claims are:
The Spectator's deputy political editor Katy Balls, the journalist and author Rob Hutton
and Sky's chief political correspondent Jon Craig.

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0:00.0	The world is becoming increasingly complex and volatile.
0:03.0	How can we make sense of it all?
0:05.0	I'm Richard Engel.
0:06.0	And I'm Yalda Hakim.
0:07.0	And we're the top international correspondents at NBC News and Sky News.
0:11.0	And we present Sky News's latest podcast, The World.
0:14.0	Each week we'll cut through the noise to guide you through the week's global events
0:19.0	and explain to you why, what happens out there
0:22.4	matters to you wherever you are. Listen now to the world with Richard Engel and me Yalda Hakim,
0:28.2	wherever you get your podcasts.
0:35.9	Hello, welcome to the All-Out Politics Podcast.
0:38.1	I'm Adam Bolton.
0:39.0	Joining me this week, our Sky's chief political correspondent, John Craig,
0:43.2	the Spectators' Deputy Political Editor Katie Balls
0:46.0	and the journalist and author Rob Hutton.
0:49.0	You can read him on The Critic fairly frequently.
0:53.5	And this week, what else? We're going to talk about Dominic
0:56.1	Cummings' most extraordinary session of evidence to House of Commons committees, making
1:01.6	serious allegations against the government that 10,000 people died who didn't need to die,
1:07.7	that Boris Johnson was not fit for office, and that the Health Secretary should have
1:11.7	been sacked for at least 15 to 20 things.
1:21.0	Let's just listen to the overall charge, first of all, made by Mr Cummings before those committees.
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