BOMBSHELL WhatsApp texts are set to demolish Dominic Cummings’ main attack line when he appears before MPs today.
Messages that emerged last night reportedly show the ex-No10 aide ordered Cabinet Ministers to deny herd immunity was ever Government policy.
Boris Johnson’s allies believe the texts, revealed by the Politico website, will blow a hole in Mr Cummings’ accusation that herd immunity was the strategy first adopted in March last year.
Downing Street has strongly denied ever pursuing herd immunity – but in recent weeks the maverick ex-adviser has accused them of “lying”.
He is widely expected to brandish documents backing up his claims at today’s hotly-anticipated Commons Committee showdown.
But the WhatsApps that reportedly show him egging on ministers to deny herd immunity will likely be wielded by enemies to impugn his reliability.
A source told Politico: “A year ago he was ordering ministers to deny herd immunity was government policy, now he’s calling them liars for sticking to the lines he gave them.”
Vengeful Mr Cummings this morning published his own evidence hours before he was set to face MPs.
He tweeted a photo purportedly showing a whiteboard in the PM’s study showing the “first sketch of Plan B”.
