A guide to the warring factions of No. 10

There may be a pandemic on but that’s not going to stop Downing Street staff briefing against one another. Tensions came to a head this week after Boris Johnson’s director of communications, Lee Cain, announced his resignation. The row began after it was reported in the Times and Daily Mail that Cain – a former Vote Leave staffer and Daily Mirror chicken – had been offered the new Chief of Staff position in Downing Street. Opposition was raised – through the media – and he quit. 

That move has sparked a wider discussion about the power struggle in 10 Downing Street. While Cain may be on the way out, the battle for power is far from over. So who are the main players? Here’s Mr S’s guide of the various Downing Street factions.

The Vote Leave lads

Members: Dominic Cummings, Lee Cain, Oliver Lews.

Up until now the most dominant force in Downing Street, this group is made up of individuals who worked for the Vote Leave campaign during the Brexit referendum in 2016. Chief