Downing Street has been forced to insist it is focused on tackling coronavirus after Boris Johnson's communications chief quit in turmoil.
No10 was left reeling from the resignation of former Mirror Chicken Lee Cain from the heart of the Prime Minister's press operation.
The future of senior adviser Dominic Cummings – a close ally of Mr Cain – was also hanging in the balance amid a power struggle at the top of Government.
Ex-Vote Leave press officer Mr Cain walked away after a furious row over whether he should become the PM's chief of staff. Of all the internal Westminster bubble stories over the years, this seems like one for the geekiest of geeks.
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