Charlie Brooker calls Dominic Cummings an ‘arrogant thicko’ and a ‘clown’

Black Mirror creator described senior aide’s downfall as ‘inevitabe’

Charlie Brooker has attacked Dominic Cummings on Twitter, calling him an “an arrogant thicko”.

The Black Mirror creator said he is looking forward to watching the “inevitable” downfall of Boris Johnson’s chief special adviser.

He wrote: ““The sole upside of living through this humblingly s****y era is knowing you’ll *probably* get to witness arrogant thicko Dominic Cummings’ inevitable comeuppance five minutes before a blinding white flash in the sky.”

In another tweet, Brooker added: “‘Superforecasting’. Christ. What a f***ing clown.”

Brooker’s tweets arrive after the resignation of superforecaster and former Downing Street adviser Andrew Sabisky, who has been widely condemned for his comments on eugenics and race, after suggesting black people are mentally inferior.

The 27-year-old is understood to have been hired as part of Cummings’ drive to recruit “misfits and weirdos” to help shake up government.

Asked whether he regretted the appointment of Sabisky, Cummings told reporters: “Read Philip Tetlock's Superforecasting instead of political pundits who don't know what they are talking about.”