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    1. Steven Swinford‏Verified account @Steven_Swinford 30 Jun 2020

      Dominic Cummings’ spad school: * Dismissed suggestion PM wants a Brexiteer cabinet secretary as 'totally stupid' * Accused Jonathan Powell of being a 'moron' and said he had joined 'loony toons conspiracy gang' after he criticised Sedwill oustinghttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/read-how-only-the-paranoid-survive-dominic-cummings-tells-aides-ft9g25c93 …

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    2. Steven Swinford‏Verified account @Steven_Swinford 30 Jun 2020

      Dominic Cummings said Jonathan Powell was a 'moron' who had joined ‘loony toons conspiracy gang' Comes after Sir Jonathan said Sedwill ousting was part of 'rolling coup' against civil service, BBC and judiciary Cummings said it was sign of ‘how much these clowns have lost plot’

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    3. Steven Swinford‏Verified account @Steven_Swinford 30 Jun 2020

      Dominic Cummings said PM does not care about how the next cabinet secretary voted in the EU referendum He said that they want someone who can get things done Said idea their position in referendum mattered was ‘dumb’ and ‘totally and utterly stupid’

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    4. Steven Swinford‏Verified account @Steven_Swinford 30 Jun 2020

      Cummings denied he or anyone in Number 10 had briefed against Sir Mark Sedwill He said he got on well with Sedwill and suggested briefings came from MPs, officials or junior spads He insisted there is no war with civil service and said many senior officials agree with reforms

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      Steven Swinford‏Verified account @Steven_Swinford 30 Jun 2020

      Cummings gave spads a reading list ahead of a Saturday away-day next month He told them they will be discussing Philip Tetlock's Superforecasting and Andrew Grove's High Output Management Grove argues success breeds complacency. 'Only the paranoid survive'

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        2. Steven Swinford‏Verified account @Steven_Swinford 1 Jul 2020

          Update: Dominic Cummings has emailed all special advisers personally offering to pay for Supercasting and High Output management for each of them On Amazon it's about £18 for the two books There are about 80 spads so if all take up his offer it will cost him £1,440

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        3. Steven Swinford‏Verified account @Steven_Swinford 1 Jul 2020

          Well this could be awkward Spads trying to get hold of a copy of Superforecasting ahead of the away day are discovering that it is sold out Amazon says it won't be available for *one to two months* 😬😬😬😬pic.twitter.com/fJxcUE44yG

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        1. PassTheSickBagAlice‏ @SickBagAlice 30 Jun 2020
          Replying to @Steven_Swinford

          How about Orwell's 1984?

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        1. Stanlei‏ @stanlei1 30 Jun 2020
          Replying to @Steven_Swinford

          Dear Lord. What on earth does he think he’s doing? Is his self image the alt right Josh Lyman or something? What a prat.

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        2. Garp‏ @According2Garp 30 Jun 2020
          Replying to @Steven_Swinford

          Let’s hope they’ve all been to Specsavers (Bernard Castle) branch

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        3. AnnetteV‏ @anetevt 30 Jun 2020
          Replying to @According2Garp @Steven_Swinford

          Ffs give it a rest, it’s boring now, think of something original

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        1. Risto Pyykkö‏ @pyykko 30 Jun 2020
          Replying to @Steven_Swinford

          And they will be cosplaying all of it.

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        1. Nelly‏ @chipshopchop 30 Jun 2020
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          pic.twitter.com/GQWtfV89mB

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        1. Phil "back on the hamster wheel" Fandango‏ @twitchingphil 30 Jun 2020
          Replying to @Steven_Swinford

          Not going to somewhere with no mobile signal in the wilds of Kent are they?

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        1. James Peaty‏ @JamesPeaty1575 30 Jun 2020
          Replying to @Steven_Swinford

          A delusional monomaniac

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