Cupboard Secretary Simon Case mentioned he believed Carrie Johnson was the actual Prime Minister throughout lockdown, textual content messages proven on the Covid Inquiry reveal. The Telegraph has the story.
A sequence of WhatsApps between a few of Boris Johnson’s high aides recommend the then Prime Minister was making selections on Covid restrictions primarily based solely on the needs of his spouse.
In a single heated message, Mr. Case, who was appointed Cupboard Secretary in September 2020, wrote that Mrs Johnson was “the actual particular person in cost” at No. 10.
The messages, which have been handed to the inquiry by Dominic Cummings as a part of his written proof, are undated, however are believed to have been despatched a while in autumn 2020, earlier than the Authorities launched a ‘tier’ system of regional restrictions.
The change begins when Mr. Case tells Mr. Cummings and Lee Cain, then No. 10’s Director of Communications, a few dialog he has had with the then Well being Secretary Matt Hancock: