Michael Gove says government 'f***ing up' in WhatsApp message to Dominic Cummings

Michael Gove sent a sweary WhatsApp message to Dominic Cummings saying the government was “f***ing up” and would “regret it for a long time.

The then Cabinet Office minister said: “I don’t often kick-off. But we are f***ing up as a government and missing golden opportunities.

“I will carry on doing what I can but the whole situation is even worse than you think and action needs to be taken or we’ll regret it for a long time.”

Mr Cummings, then PM Boris Johnson’s top adviser, said the cabinet office is a “f***ing joke” and had lied about having a plan to deal with the pandemic.

Mr Gove has then apologised after the Covid inquiry revealed he had sent expletive-filled WhatsApp messages to Dominic Cummings during the pandemic.

He said: “I apologise to you and to the inquiry and to the public, for expressing myself in the way that I did. I'm sure that you will understand that this sort of thing happens.”

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