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Comment Re:"Officials" (Score 1) 31

Dominic Cummings is not, and never has been, an "official". He was a special advisor to the Buffoon in Chief during his premiership. He was never a civil servant nor elected as a minister and as Mr. Moore points out above is best known for breaking COVID lockdown rules and giving the most absolutely fucking incredible* explanation I've ever heard. Well, that and being responsible for the first use of the word "cunt" in a select committee hearing that I know of.

* The traditional sense of the word. In fact it was sort of meta-incredible; not only was his excuse (that he drove a hundred miles to check his eyesight) hard to believe, it's also beggars belief that he expected anyone to fall for it.

Splitting hairs, I know...But your message sparked the question' if not a civil servant, what are they. But they are indeed: Spads are a specific kind of political adviser first introduced in 1964. They are appointed as temporary civil servants and work in government. According to https://www.instituteforgovern...

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