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I disagree with Cummings on a lot of issues (e.g. Brexit, the importance of international law, etc.), but I don't recognise that description of him. He's certai

I disagree with Cummings on a lot of issues (e.g. Brexit, the importance of international law, etc.), but I don't recognise that description of him. He's certainly not an extreme libertarian. By all accounts, during the pandemic response, he was very much in favour of government intervention. Johnson was far more laissez-faire, even to a ridiculous degree. I actually think Cummings is an interesting guy and worth listening to, but I don't think he should be anywhere near the levers of power.

pydry 5y ago
He's got the mindset of a junior developer. He idolizes valley culture and wants to tear everything down and rebuild from scratch. His ideas are kind of staid and recycled. He's smarter than Boris or most of the cabinet for sure but that isnt saying much. Ultimately he rode a wave of mass discontent and somehow managed to fuck it up and achieve nothing while at the peak of his career when even the prime minister thought thought the sun shone out of his arse. He wasnt some genius mastermind.