Former aide’s accusations about the ‘Abba Party’ were intended to bring Boris Johnson down

Dominic Cummings’ bid to bring down Boris Johnson appeared to have failed as the Prime Minister and his wife escaped a fine for their so-called ‘Abba party’.

The ousted adviser claimed that his departure from No 10 during the second national lockdown prompted the Prime Minister and Carrie to hold a victory celebration.

He claimed that music could be heard blaring out of the Downing Street flat on the night he quit in November 2020, with Abba’s Winner Takes It All rumoured to be among the songs playing.

‘If cops talk to people there that night, there’ll be witnesses who say, “We could all hear a party with Abba playing”,’ Mr Cummings, wrote online earlier this year.

As the Metropolitan Police concluded its investigation into Covid law breaches in Whitehall yesterday, it emerged neither Mr Johnson nor his wife were fined over the alleged victory party.

But some Tories fear Mr Cummings could yet drop more of his threatened ‘Dom-shells’ – possibly including publishing previously unseen photographs of parties that took place inside Downing Street – if the Prime Minister escapes unscathed from next week’s report by Sue Gray.