Top Civil Servant Simon Case Said Carrie Johnson Was 'The Secret PM' During Pandemic

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Top Civil Servant Simon Case Said Carrie Johnson Was 'The Secret PM' During Pandemic
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Case, who is still Cabinet Secretary, said the government looked like “a terrible, tragic joke” as it tried to deal with the pandemic.Posting in a group comprising of him, Cain and Cummings, Case said: “Am not sure I can cope with today. Might just go home. Matt just called, having spoken to PM.

In a later message, Case said: “I was told that Dom was the secret PM. How wrong they are. I look forward to telling select cttee tomorrow - “oh fuck no, don’t worry about Dom, the real person in charge is Carrie.”After Cain said Carrie Johnson “doesn’t know wtf she is talking about”, Case replied: “This govt doesn’t have the credibility needed to be imposing stuff within only days of deciding not to. We look like a terrible tragic joke. If we were going hard, that decision was needed weeks ago.

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