WATCH: Dominic Cummings says cartoon crime-fighters would do a better job than the Cabinet
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Dominic Cummings has claimed a group of kids cartoon characters would do a better job than the Cabinet.
The Prime Minister's top adviser said 'PJ Masks', a group of children's cartoon characters, would outperform Boris Johnson's top team just days ahead of an imminent reshuffle.
In an odd interaction outside his London home on Tuesday, Mr Cummings was asked by a BBC camera crew to give his thoughts about Thursday's ministerial shake-up, but responded: "PJ Masks will do a greater job than all of them put together."
The Disney cartoon show sees a group of young children transform into animals, including a cat and a lizard, to fight crime during the night.
Pressed on whether he agreed with the Government's imminent decision to approve the controversial HS2 rail-link, he quoted lines from the show's theme song, saying about the imminent approval of HS2, Mr Cummings quoted lines from the show's theme song, saying: "The night time is the right time to fight crime."
He added: "I can't think of a rhyme."
And asked if he believed he was losing his influence over the Prime Minister, he deflected: "I think we need PJ Masks on the job.
"PJ Masks, they're your guys."
Asked about the remarks, a spokesperson for the Prime Minister said: "I am not familiar with their work".
The glib remarks from the Prime Minister's senior adviser come amid growing tensions between Number 10 and the media.
Earlier this month, political journalists staged a walkout from Downing Street after the Prime Minister's Director of Communications Lee Cain attempted to brief a select group of journalists while exluding others who had attended.
Meanwhile, Mr Cummings faced criticism after he snapped at an ITV reporter who question him about his plans for celebrating Brexit, branding the journalist's questions "inane".
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