CORENEWS: End of macho era: what to expect now Dominic Cummings has gone

Out goes centralised power and hostility to the press; in comes meaningful contact with MPs

Out will go open hostility towards journalists, centralised power around Boris Johnson’s office and the ruthless dispatch of those who oppose the prime minister.

In, or so it is suggested, will come an attempt to win over the media, a collegiate approach to government and meaningful contact with the parliamentary party.