Oh dear. Ever since Boris Johnson announced that Simon Case would lead a probe into last year’s Whitehall Christmas parties, lobby journalists have repeatedly asked questions as to whether the Cabinet Secretary himself was in attendance at any of the lockdown-breaking shindigs. And now it appears that Case was at least aware of parties being held by Cabinet Office staff in December 2020 if not actively in attendance himself.
For this afternoon brought not one, not two but three separate reports that the Cabinet Secretary was somewhat compromised to investigate this matter. First Guido Fawkes reported several incidents of drinking in Case’s office – including ‘copious booze and music’ at a party on 17 December, one day before the infamous Downing Street one. The site reports that ‘while Case wasn’t actively participating’ a source spotted the Cabinet Secretary ‘sticking his head into the room to call staff out at various points during the party to talk with them.’ Predictably
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