Simon Case hits back at Boris

Hell hath no fury like a mandarin scorned. What with Richard Sharp and Dominic Raab, Simon Case is still living with the legacy of Boris Johnson’s premiership. And the Cabinet Secretary – who endured a torrid two years under Johnson – clearly takes exception to his former boss’s endless claims that Covid rules and guidance was obeyed at all times in No. 10. 

The Privileges Committee have today released a final 100-page dossier of material before Johnson’s 2 p.m showdown. And one of the pieces of written evidence is a pithy submission by Case in which he denies that he gave any assurances to the then prime minister that ‘Covid rules were followed at all times’, ‘Covid guidance was adhered to at all times’ and that ‘no parties were held in No. 10’. By contrast, Johnson’s Parliamentary Private Secretary Sarah Dines MP told the committee she was ‘90 per cent sure’ that she heard Case’s voice at a meeting in which Johnson was told that his staff had followed the rules ‘at all times’.