Cameron suspected Cummings of 'dripping poison' into Gove's ear

In an extract from his memoir, serialised in the Times, former PM makes claim about Boris Johnson’s senior aide

Dominic Cummings has developed a somewhat unsavoury reputation since taking over as Boris Johnson’s senior aide. But his nefarious influence over the machinations of No 10 stretches back much further, the former prime minister David Cameron claims in his forthcoming memoir.

Extracts printed in Saturday’s Times reveal that, in 2013, Cameron suspected a “bilious” Cummings of “dripping his poison” into the ear of Michael Gove, even though he was no longer serving as a special adviser to the then education secretary.

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