Former Downing Street aide Dominic Cummings features on every front page on Thursday after his marathon session being grilled by MPs about the Government’s response to Covid.
The Times writes Mr Cummings rained “fire on No 10” as he blamed Boris Johnson for tens of thousands of “needless deaths” in the pandemic.
THE TIMES: Cummings rains fire on No10 #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/jyC98IBFMG
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 26, 2021
The Daily Telegraph, like The Times, features pictures of Mr Cummings giving evidence, saying the aide “takes his revenge” and lays blame with the Prime Minister and Health Secretary Matt Hancock.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) May 26, 2021
'Cummings takes his revenge as he lays blame on Johnson and Hancock'#TomorrowsPapersToday
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The Guardian‘s headline is one of the key quotes from the session, with Mr Cummings saying thousands of people died needlessly as a result of mistakes, with the Daily Mirror, i and The Independent also carrying the same line.
Guardian front page, Thursday 27 May 2021: ‘Tens of thousands of people died who didn’t need to die’ pic.twitter.com/IiI2tSJKY4
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) May 26, 2021
Tomorrow's front page: Tens of thousands of people died who didn't need to die #TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/zgyg9UKhAX pic.twitter.com/7waW5VYV3h
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) May 26, 2021
Thursday's front page: 'Tens of thousands of people died who didn't need to die' #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/iGb9gh3kqz pic.twitter.com/8iUv6QMP60
— i newspaper (@theipaper) May 26, 2021
Metro runs with the headline “Domshell”, as does the Daily Mail, the latter highlighting the key points with pictures of grenades.
Thursday's front page:
— Metro Newspaper UK (@MetroUKNews) May 26, 2021
DOMSHELL#TomorrowsPapersToday #bbcpapers #skypapers pic.twitter.com/3dZbURAAq3
Thursday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/KpCT41F2Up
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) May 26, 2021
The Daily Express leads on criticism of Mr Cummings, quoting unnamed allies of the Prime Minister as calling the Vote Leave mastermind “vengeful and embittered”.
Tomorrow's front page: Yes, mistakes were made but this was pure revenge#TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/WG3CBDhaZ4 pic.twitter.com/wSmhjl5lAs
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) May 26, 2021
And the Daily Star carries cartoons on its front page – which it calls the “emergency Covid plans in full” – saying Mr Cummings confirmed “this mob don’t have a scooby”.
Tomorrow's @dailystar#frontpage
— Daily Star (@dailystar) May 26, 2021
EXCLUSIVE:
– #DominicCummings reveals those top secret government emergency Covid plans in fullhttps://t.co/ficxfFCIrl#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/G1PeTwc1Xk
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