The High Court judgement can be read here
I know this has been mentioned elsewhere and I, personally, think it is a triumph for democracy. But the arrogance of Cummings has him tweeting: Court is telling SW1: even in a crisis like a once-a-century pandemic, your real focus shd ALWAYS be the paper trail. This is already a hugely destructive problem & today’s judgment will make it even worse. If covid doesn't justify focus on outcome>process, nothing will.
Anyone who has ever run anything knows that going into headless chicken mode when there is a crisis doesn't help - but that is exactly what they did and that is what they are still trying to justify!
That meant vast sums of money were given to peoples friends or to other spurious contacts for kit that didn't work, didn't meet the standards required or didn't arrive. This was a great mistake and the least they could do is admit it.
If they don't apologise to the nation, and to all those they put in danger and whose loved ones died because of this arrogant take over from those who know how to do these things, they do not deserve to be in power.