Faced with tough questions over the Greensill affair and his own leak inquiry, cabinet secretary Simon Case gave nothing away
Standing atop the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the defence secretary, Ben Wallace, looked down from the flight deck and airily dismissed the stories of sleaze and infighting in Downing Street as “not serious, just comedy gossip”.
“The prime minister has been utterly focused on delivering, alongside cabinet colleagues, the response to Covid.”
