“I was always told that Dom [Cummings] was the secret PM. How wrong they are. I look forward to telling select cttee tomorrow – ‘oh, fuck no, don’t worry about Dom, the real person in charge is Carrie’”

Simon Case. No10 Perm. Sec.

'Taking back control'

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/13/uks-top-civil-servant-said-government-looked-like-tragic-joke-during-pandemic