Mar 20 2020 23 mins 57
Taking Control: The Dominic Cummings Story, a BBC two documentary revealed that Dominic Cummings can be described as many things to many people. He is reportedly fearless in his views (but what are his views?), antagonistic to bureaucracy, a myth-maker, a shaker-upper (is this an occupation?), a Renaissance man, a Svengali-type that emulates Rasputin and apparently a campaign mastermind. But what exactly did we learn about the man and about the ideology that drives him? And thinking about his current role that makes him the most powerful unelected man in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is he going about his attempts at reforming Whitehall in the right way? Over the years, there have been many attempts to reshape and reform the civil service and the machinery of government. Will Dominic Cummings’ attempts bear any fruit? Joining the IEA's Digital Manager Darren Grimes to discuss the BBC documentary on Mr Cummings and his attempts to reform Whitehall is Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs and Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow here at the Institute.
