Cummings Vs. Smith – Guido Fawkes

Twitter Bitch Fight of the Week: Cummings Vs. Smith

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This week it’s Dominic Cummings vs The Mirror’s Deputy Political Editor (Sundays) Mikey Smith. Arguing about paedo deportations…

Smith got really into the issue at the opposition post-PMQs huddle on Wednesday – probing the Tory spokesman on why Philp raised the example of the Zimbabwean paedophile who was spared deportation because he would face “hostility” in his home country. Smith’s argument is that the ruling said the hostility would actually be “substantial hostility” not just from the Zimbabwean public but also by the authorities. Nonsense…

Smith defended the ECHR on this one:

If there’s a bit of human rights law I reckon most of the public can agree on, it’s that we shouldn’t send even the worst people to be tortured or punished in an inhuman way, because doing so would be tantamount to doing it ourselves.

— Mikey Smith (@mikeysmith) June 18, 2025

An interesting line. Dominic Cummings gave his perspective today:

Super on brand that regime media have lost the plot so much they tweet from private accounts that the public should prioritise the safety of convicted foreign paedos over the safety of English children.
Important to realise this was the ‘mainstream sensible’ consensus for the… https://t.co/6L5aPgVoIk

— Dominic Cummings (@Dominic2306) June 20, 2025

Cummings’ conclusion is that the “Human Rights Act – aka the Paedo and Terrorist Defence Act – must be repealed, legislation introduced the first Monday after the next election.” Mikey responded by alleging that Cummings was “pro-torture“:

Hi Dom. Didn’t realise you were so pro-torture. Weird.

— Mikey Smith (@mikeysmith) June 20, 2025

Cummings came back at “Mike“:

Hi Mike, I *did* realise you and your mates are pro prioritising foreign paedos over English children, not weird but mainstream in Westminster!
I hope you are director of comms in the pro-ECHR campaign when the Mirror has its next wave of sackings! https://t.co/aoEDQ8aDi3

— Dominic Cummings (@Dominic2306) June 20, 2025

Ouch…