Is that how things work at that high a level ? I thought that's what the boardroom and entourage of advisors were for ?(working out finances)... there's so much to make of the whole thing tbh. Boris's relationship with Carrie comes across a really fickle from the outside I think he'd get rid of her quicker than Cummings ,she must hold a lot of dirt on all of them ,you have to ask yourself are we seeing what they want us to see (remember Cummings is a spin doc) why did he leave by the front door like that and not quietly sneak out the back entrance like so many before him ,would their relationship crumble after a couple of days of bickering when Boris fought so hard to keep him earlier in the year ? or has Cummings decided he'll take the hit for all of Boris's blunders throughout the year as he was apparently leaving anyway and turn the country back in Boris's favour , and distract from the "no deal" backtracking now that Biden will run the show and is totally against that idea...or on the other hand was he out to secretly ruin Boris and was the cause of the mess throughout the year, a missed call there a lost document ,small things that slipped under the radar but had a big impact on the running of the country during the pandemic...either way it's making for a good distraction from all the shits that happened in this " lost year".