Dominic Cummings: how long can he survive?

After a rose garden Downing Street press conference, Dominic Cummings remains a special adviser with the backing of Boris Johnson. But now approval polls show the public is unhappy with the Prime Minister, and a junior minister's resigned, can the architect of the Conservatives' election win really hold on much longer? In this special edition of the Leader podcast, the Evening Standard's political editor Joe Murphy reveals his conversations with Tory MPs who fear public anger is only going to grow. And the Evening Standard's Londoner editor, Ayesha Hazarika, tells us how Labour could take advantage of Boris Johnson's apparent vulnerability.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>