Priti Patel is among three Cabinet ministers predicted to lose their jobs for not supporting Dominic Cummings. No10 ordered ministers to tweet backing for Boris Johnson ’s top aide as the public exploded with outrage over his flouting of lockdown.
But the Home Secretary, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland and International Trade boss Liz Truss ignored the command. Now they face being ousted in the PM’s Cabinet reshuffle expected next month.
A senior Tory MP said: “They were told their future careers would be affected if they didn’t do it.” Mr Cummings drove 260 miles to Durham as he was about to succumb to the disease.