The Startup Party: what is Dominic Cummings planning now?

Former No. 10 guru says 'completely different' party will focus on 'voters, not Westminster'

Dominic Cummings arrives to give evidence to the UK Covid-19 inquiry in London in October 2023
Dominic Cummings arriving to give evidence to the UK Covid-19 inquiry in London in October 2023
(Image credit: Justin Tallis / AFP via Getty Images)

When the exit poll drops on general election night, Dominic Cummings wants to spring back to the centre of British politics at the head of a new political party.

Back in August, the former Downing Street svengali laid out a plan on his Substack blog describing next steps if Rishi Sunak suffers an election night knockout, including the need to "divert energy and money away from 'how to revive the Tories' to 'how to replace the Tories'" .

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  Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.