Watch: Dominic Cummings 'The Hollow Men' lecture (2014)

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Speaking at an IPPR Progressive Review event, the former adviser to Michael Gove and now Chief Special Adviser to the Prime Minister discussed his experiences at the Department for Education, his view of how Westminster and Whitehall need to change, and a frank assessment of Team Cameron – its priorities, personalities and dysfunctions.

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