Thought for today 18.02.20

KEN CLARKE, veteran Tory Minister, has been complaining about Dominic Cummings having a public profile. Would Cummings’s machinations be any more bearable – or the elected Government be more accountable – if this unelected official were less visible?

“You can’t go on like this, you can’t govern a country and explain what you’re doing for the public by the medium of leaks from an exotic aide in Number 10.”
Ken Clarke, speaking to ITV

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