Quite right! Part one | ‘Boris didn’t care!’: Dominic Cummings on lawfare, lockdowns & the broken British state
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Dec 30, 2025 
Dominic Cummings, former chief adviser at Number 10 and political strategist, shares his provocative insights on Britain's institutional decline. He argues that the Human Rights Act has undermined defense and counter-terrorism efforts, revealing a troubling 'heart of darkness' within Whitehall. Cummings critiques Boris Johnson’s failure to implement reforms after the 2019 victory and highlights how legal advice has distorted everyday policy. He calls for ministerial accountability and a return to effective governance, questioning the bureaucratic structures that currently stifle reform.
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Institutions Drift Into Irrelevance
- Institutions and ideas drift from reality until systems collapse in crisis cycles every few decades.
- The post-1945 institutions and elites are now misaligned with current challenges and driving systemic failure.
Whitehall's Pathological Priorities
- Whitehall actively undermines major institutions while spending resources on counterproductive legal battles.
- Cummings says this behaviour is symptomatic of a system in its last legs, not clever governance.
From Medals To Murder Charges
- SAS soldiers once praised and awarded are now threatened with murder charges decades later.
- Cummings contrasts past political approval with current legalised persecution of the same troops.
