Dominic Cummings said Jonathan Powell was a 'moron' who had joined ‘loony toons conspiracy gang'

Comes after Sir Jonathan said Sedwill ousting was part of 'rolling coup' against civil service, BBC and judiciary

Cummings said it was sign of ‘how much these clowns have lost plot’
Dominic Cummings said PM does not care about how the next cabinet secretary voted in the EU referendum

He said that they want someone who can get things done

Said idea their position in referendum mattered was ‘dumb’ and ‘totally and utterly stupid’
Cummings denied he or anyone in Number 10 had briefed against Sir Mark Sedwill

He said he got on well with Sedwill and suggested briefings came from MPs, officials or junior spads

He insisted there is no war with civil service and said many senior officials agree with reforms
Cummings gave spads a reading list ahead of a Saturday away-day next month

He told them they will be discussing Philip Tetlock's Superforecasting and Andrew Grove's High Output Management

Grove argues success breeds complacency. 'Only the paranoid survive'
Update:

Dominic Cummings has emailed all special advisers personally offering to pay for Supercasting and High Output management for each of them

On Amazon it's about £18 for the two books

There are about 80 spads so if all take up his offer it will cost him £1,440
Well this could be awkward

Spads trying to get hold of a copy of Superforecasting ahead of the away day are discovering that it is sold out

Amazon says it won't be available for *one to two months*

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