The "non-entity" safe pair of whatever would be Rufenacht.
People are sure fond of making fun of her caravanning, but the Labour party doesn't seem to agree? What am I missing here? guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
It's not an activity favoured by the upper classes that the politicos and journos imagine themselves to be.
However, Helen pointed to the debacle that Beckett has been involved with. That is a good reason to dispute that she is a safe pair of hands.
In the case at hand, she's a "safe pair of hand" in that she'll do nothing of her own initiative, and that's exactly what Blair watns in the Foreign Office. guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper