Thread by @dave43law

And now the Tories come out attacking Case - the pressure is building
Hilarious when you think of
- Partygate
- Richard Sharp
and other things Case has been involved in
#ToriesOut240 #SunakOut131
telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/0…

Tories accuse Simon Case of left-wing bias over Covid rules
Cabinet Secretary’s comments revealed in leaked WhatsApp messages lead to claims that he overstepped the mark of Civil Service impartiality

Britain’s top civil servant has been accused of left-wing bias by senior Tories after he dismissed concerns about Covid rules as “pure Conservative ideology”.

Simon Case is facing questions over his political impartiality and conduct during the pandemic,

following the emergence of leaked WhatsApp messages obtained by The Telegraph.

On Saturday Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, was forced to declare that Mr Case, who is Cabinet Secretary and head of the Civil Service, retained his “confidence”.

Esther McVey, a former Cabinet minister, led the criticism of Mr Case’s conduct, saying: “This is the highest civil servant in the land letting the cat out of the bag by suggesting that one of the most centrist of Conservative MPs was pursuing ‘pure Conservative ideology’

simply for questioning some of the lockdown rules.

“Leaving aside the fact that this is a Conservative government and so what would he expect from its ministers, if Mr Case thinks Alok Sharma was pursuing such a hard-line Conservative ideology

it can only mean that he is yet another senior civil servant on the left wing of British politics.”