Boris Johnson’s special adviser Dominic Cummings launches extraordinary attack against the ‘f****** mad’ justice system and vows to clamp down on foreign criminals and paedophiles
- The PM’s most senior aide stunned civil servants while discussing crime policy
- He said voters think it is ‘crazy’ not to punishing foreign criminals hard enough
- Mr Cummings said that too many foreign criminals who commit serious offences in the UK avoid deportation and even if they are kicked out, many of them return
Boris Johnson’s special adviser Dominic Cummings has launched an extraordinary attack against the ‘f****** mad’ justice system and has vowed to clamp down on dangerous foreign criminals and paedophiles.
The Prime Minister’s most senior aide stunned civil servants while discussing crime policy around the Cabinet table last week.
He warned that voters believe politicians are ‘crazy’ for not punishing foreign criminals hard enough.
Mr Cummings complained that too many foreign criminals who commit serious offences in the UK avoid deportation and even if they are kicked out, many of them return.
Boris Johnson’s special adviser Dominic Cummings has launched an extraordinary attack against the ‘f****** mad’ justice system
He added: ‘The whole thing is absolutely f****** mad and we’re going to change it.’
Mr Cummings, who was played by Benedict Cumberbatch in the TV drama Brexit: The Uncivil War, has electrified Downing Street since his appointment as Mr Johnson’s right-hand man.
He relies heavily on polling and focus groups he conducts himself in pubs around the country.
The architect of Vote Leave’s stunning victory in the 2016 EU referendum has set about altering the power structures inside No 10 and has huge influence in the new administration.
Mr Cummings, who is feared by political opponents but attracts devotion from his own side, has vowed to stay by the PM’s side until Brexit Day – October 31. But his fury over criminals suggests he is making policy plans far beyond the next few months.
Under the European Convention on Human Rights, foreign criminals are often able to delay or avoid deportation on spurious grounds.
About 12 per cent of the prison population is thought to be from overseas.
Explaining his forthright leadership style on his blog in 2017, Mr Cummings wrote: ‘Contrary to the media story, I dislike confrontation and rows like most people, but I am very strongly motivated by doing things in a certain way and am not motivated by people in Westminster liking me.’
Boris Johnson (pictured) today attempts to reclaim the Conservatives’ reputation as the party of law and order with a sweeping £2.5 billion crime clampdown