this report and in his view his behaviour and interactions with in particular senior officials were justified —— in the letter. he is prompting a debate that will rage now about what is, in broad terms, appropriate behaviour in the workplace in 2023 but in political terms appropriate behaviour between senior elected official, secretary of state, who arrives with the authority of the prime minister in a department and senior officials who are often there for much longer who are often there for much longer who are appointed and managed by a different human resources umbrella? how is that interaction meant to work? how should it work? there is inevitably a tension because senior civil servants are charged with being impartial, delivering truth to power. that might mean on occasions they are delivering messages to senior ministers that senior