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some quick thoughts on #rutnam resignation. Philip does not do things lightly. He will have thought long and hard about whether and how to leave. His statement is much more incendiary even than Ivan Rogers exit email which was (in theory) internal
His decision to sue has precedents at lower levels and from agency heads.. but not for permanent secretaries. breakdowns of ministerial-civil service relations are usually done behind closed doors.. a peerage, job at the Bank of England or....
Clearly the Cabinet Office tried this in this case. But Rutnam's decision to resign publically makes clear that he did not think the Cabinet Office would protect the department's civil servants if he went quietly.
