Simon Case, who was appointed Cabinet Secretary by Boris Johnson, has been accused of failing to protect successive prime ministers from political blowback HugoGye explores why the Tories blame ‘slippery’ Simon Case for everything ⬇️
He won his position after working as private secretary to the current Prince and Princess of Wales, during which time he was seconded to Downing Street to help run the government’s response to Covid-19.
The step up appeared to prove a challenge. “There is a big difference between being the brokerer and being that person who ultimately carries the can,” one former colleague of Mr Case remarked. Just over a year after becoming Cabinet Secretary in September 2020, he was thrust into the public eye when it emerged that he had hosted a lockdown gathering in Whitehall which was alleged to be illegal.
More damaging still was his involvement in the case of Mr Sharp, who had consulted him about the possibility of setting up a loan guarantee for Mr Johnson at the same time he was applying to run the BBC. A further blow for Mr Case has come with the defection of, which took the Cabinet Secretary by surprise.
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