Dominic Cummings’s big ego has been a gift for the press

The outspoken adviser couldn’t care less about being revealed as the source of a ‘leak’. When journalists land a scoop it’s only natural for them to boast about its significance. So I guess we can forgive James Forsyth, the Spectator’s political editor, for his hyperbolic claim last week that he had been the recipient of “the most explosive Downing Street memo in modern times”. In fairness, it was hugely interesting, and not just for its content. It was