Politics in the age of the chiefs of staff

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Politics in the age of the chiefs of staff

Westminster chatter in recent days has been largely preoccupied with two men who have never held elected office but who continue to exert a special fascination: Dominic Cummings and Morgan McSweeney. Cummings was de facto chief of staff for Boris Johnson until he was sacked. McSweeney occupies the same role for Keir Starmer following the defenestration of Sue Gray, a former career civil servant and Whitehall fixer. They come from different polit…