Security measures for British politicians need “radical change”, Dominic Cummings has urged after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
The political strategist and former chief adviser to Boris Johnson said the existing arrangements in place to protect the prime minister are “clearly lax”.
Mr Trump was taken to hospital after multiple shots were fired in his direction at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, killing one spectator and seriously injuring two others.
Writing on X, formerly Twitter, Mr Cummings said: “Her Majesty’s Government need a radical change on this too.
“In 2019, I asked the Cabinet Secretary to intervene because of clearly lax protocols around the Prime Minister – about 100 times laxer than around Trump yesterday, with random people able to walk up to the Prime Minister and touch him from behind without anyone noticing.
“Security in most of Whitehall, including anti-drone capabilities around Downing Street, is a joke, and [the] The Cabinet Office is as useless on this point as on just about anything.
