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Revealed: A data expert recruited through Dominic Cummings’ “weirdos and misfits” project has been sacked from the Cabinet Office after suggesting police use 'live rounds' on Black Lives Matter protesters https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/sep/02/cummings-recruit-sacked-after-suggesting-police-use-live-rounds-on-blm-protesters?CMP=share_btn_tw
This is the second known departure of a recruit hired under the scheme set up by Cummings to tempt an “unusual set of people” into senior government roles. (The first was Andrew Sabisky.) Both departures involved recruits who publicly expressed sentiments viewed as racist.
And here's the inside story of how civil servants concerned about racism and diversity in the Cabinet Office discovered the tweet by the Cummings recruit and reported it to managers. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/sep/02/how-civil-servants-concerns-about-racism-led-them-to-cummings-recruits-tweet
These stories took a lot of forensic and creative reporting by @nimrashahid_, @david_conn, @simon_goodley and @itsibitzi. If you have more information about Cummings 'weirdos and misfits' please do get in touch.
