Case briefed the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee for the first time since the resignation of Partygate and Christopher Geidt and seemed wary from the start. He played with his pen and tapped his feet nervously on the floor. The chairman of the committee, William Wragg – also known as Baby-Faced Assassin, started things. What percentage of his time did the secretary of the cabinet devote to decency and ethics? Case thought for a while before deciding on up to 30%. I imagine. Almost a third of your work is spent to make sure that you and those around you behave vaguely with dignity and abide by the law. Most of us have a laid back attitude when it comes to painting a picture about ourselves. We automatically do what is right. Or close enough. Then we do not work for Rwanda Panda. The man who does not follow any rules gets in his way. Case just shrugged. It was a soft job, but someone had to do it. Thus, he had volunteered to be responsible for the dirty work of the government. Trying to bring refugees on planes to Rwanda. Violation of international law by the Northern Ireland Protocol. Justifications for the behavior of the ministers. And he is trying to stop his own staff from behaving as badly as the ministers. Do you think it is a coincidence that two ethics advisers to the Prime Minister have resigned, Wragg asked. Case looked nervous. That was well above his salary. It was not clear how much he thought he was paid. Probably no one. So he just got into a fight. Alex Allan and Lord Gade were very decent men and had no idea why they had resigned. He was not a mind reader. And it made sense to never ask them. In case they tell him. Wragg pushed. What did Case do to replace Geidt? Absolutely nothing. This was the job of the convict. But he had decided to do an extensive review of what could be expected from a future ethics consultant. Assuming there was one, of course. It did not seem to cross his mind that he had only recently made an extensive review of what the ethics consultant could have done just a few months ago. Although this did not work very well. Then we went to the difficulties of a civil servant who was investigating Johnson. So true, Case nodded in agreement. It would be a nightmare for him because he knew where all the corpses were buried. And one might expect to mention that the prime minister had encouraged the violation of the law at No. 10. He was the Central Party. Hell, the Rwandan Panda did not believe that the night had started properly until it reached its second bottle of wine. After pouring the first half. And there would be the same problem if Geidt had researched the parts. Obviously it made a lot of sense for the ethics consultant to report to Partygate. Only he would definitely find Johnson guilty as he was accused. So far, it’s better to meet Sue Gray who had failed to do more than report the nonsense she was told. What he needed was a person who had no knowledge of the party atmosphere at No. 10. So he had retired. Ideal. The job is done. For a moment it seemed that Case might have escaped more or less, as the commission focused on the details of Greensill’s investigation. Then Labor’s John McDonnell rushed. What did the secretary of the cabinet say about the prime minister trying to get Carrie Simmons, like then, a job at the Foreign Office? Geidt had just said today that this was something that needed to be investigated. Now Case is on the verge of collapse. Defensive. Snitty. The man who knew nothing about anything. No, he was sure Geidt would never say that. “Yes, he did,” McDonnell said. “He is here in inverted parties.” “No it is not.” “Yes it is.” E. Yes, but in no case could he comment on the conversations he had with the Convict. But it was all perfectly normal and who would not try to invoke a job for a lover. Just please don’t ask about the job he tried to find for Carrie. And yes, but no, but it was up to the Prime Minister to investigate himself. “I think he was not willing,” said the killer with the baby face. No one should ever miss an opportunity to make a bad situation worse. It was not. Then things fell apart as Beth Winter, Karin Smyth and McDonnell – again – decided to have fun. What about the parties? What about them, Case said. He was determined not to say anything. He had never been to any of these and had not been warned of a predetermined sentence. So he was innocent. He knew the noufink. Downing Street was a big part… “No, it is not,” Smith said. It was really very small. How come he had no idea they were having a party? Was he definitely the only person in No. 10 who did not know what was going on? Case began to murmur. He took his duties very seriously. Quite seriously I had talked to some other civil servants who told him he did not need to resign because he had not seen anything. It could have happened to anyone. And it was just a mystery that he had decided to give up as a party he knew nothing about had taken place in his own office. Και… Και… Και… Wragg participated. Did Case also find it hysterically funny that Martin Reynolds – also known as Party Marty – was in line to become Saudi Arabia’s ambassador? The only place he could not get angry? Case looked almost in tears. Chronicle of a pre-announced death.
