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Johnson’s new hire goes for Cummings

Is firing off angry tweets at your nemesis really a sign that Boris Johnson's team has changed?

Guto Harri (Credit: GB News)

Well, that didn’t take long. Scarcely had Boris Johnson announced two new hires to join his depleted Downing Street team, then Dominic Cummings began attacking one of them on Twitter. The Svengali of special advisers reacted badly to the news that Guto Hari, a former Johnson aide during his mayoralty, was to be brought back into the fold as director of communications.

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