One in three of those following lockdown rules less strictly cite Dominic Cummings as part of the reason

In many cases a sitting Prime Minister would not be too upset with a six-point lead in the polls. Indeed, it is higher than David Cameron was polling for most of the 2010 Parliament before he went on to win a shock majority in 2015.

The former special advisor has given explosive evidence to MPs over the governments handling of the pandemic

To most people cabinet reshuffles are pretty boring events best left to the intense gaze of those involved and of anoraks obsessed with the political soap opera of who’s in, who’s out, who’s up, who’s down.