The ex-civil servant branded a 'c***' by Dominic Cummings in furious WhatsApps messages today swiped at 'macho' behaviour in No10 at the start of the pandemic.
Giving evidence to the Covid inquiry, former deputy Cabinet Secretary Helen MacNamara complained that her efforts to 'inject caution' about the risks from the virus were pushed aside.
She said by January 2020 there was a 'low-trust environment' between officials and Boris Johnson's team in the wake of Brexit wrangling.
And Ms MacNamara swiped that when it came to Covid the tone of regular morning meetings she attended in No10 was 'confident and macho'.