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Dominic Cummings, former adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, leaves Dorland House after giving evidence to the Covid Inquiry in London
Former Downing Street advisor Dominic Cummings arrives at the Covid inquiry in London
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The UK media has been transfixed by revelations coming out of the Covid inquiry this week.

Boris Johnson's former right-hand man Dominic Cummings made a series of headline-grabbing claims after taking centre stage at the public hearing on the response to and impact of the Covid pandemic. Among his most memorable assertions was that the then prime minister asked scientists whether the virus could be destroyed by blowing a "special hairdryer" up the nose. 

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Harriet Marsden is a writer for The Week, mostly covering UK and global news and politics. Before joining the site, she was a freelance journalist for seven years, specialising in social affairs, gender equality and culture. She worked for The Guardian, The Times and The Independent, and regularly contributed articles to The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The New Statesman, Tortoise Media and Metro, as well as appearing on BBC Radio London, Times Radio and “Woman’s Hour”. She has a master’s in international journalism from City University, London, and was awarded the "journalist-at-large" fellowship by the Local Trust charity in 2021.