We fear the worst after Cummings’ departure, but Johnson must now make the best of it. That means a Cabinet shuffle.
Finding a new Chief of Staff is only the start of the changes that Johnson needs to make his government work.
Johnson needs a Simon Milton figure in government. The move would be controversial, to put it mildly. But who else is there?
Some of its problems can be fixed. Others won’t be. And one perhaps can’t be: namely, that this Parliament seems to be incapable of saying No.