4) faked a positive test result because everyone's doing it and they fancied a week off/don't want to have to cover for all the people who are also off. (View Post)

Looks to me like it's the Trade Department briefing against her, which is (I think?) separate to the FCO, so not officials who'd stand to gain from her being promoted away from them. I assume they're… (View Post)

Everyone and his dog can smell the upcoming Tory leadership election, she's a leading candidate, they (or someone close to them) don't want her to get it. You think senior civil servants aren't polit… (View Post)

This is completely missing the point. People do business with other people, and they want/need to be able to trust those people; relationships like this can't just be purely transactional unless ther… (View Post)

Sorry, you're right. I should have said "clear to a reasonable person who wasn't politically motivated". (View Post)