BringBackSwales said:
Not just that, I think it could cause a constructive dismissal claim from Bobby
An old school friend of mine was a senior civil servant who was embroiled in a high-profile row with a Cabinet Minister. The Minister's chief aide had to resign but the quid pro quo was that my friend went as well. The story was going to be that he had resigned, for which he would get a generous pay-off, and the Whitehall press office was primed to put that out after his meeting with his Permanent Secretary.
Unfortunately he had a dental emergency and had to see his dentist first thing so rescheduled his meeting but no one thought to tell the press office. So he got in his car to drive to work after his appointment and heard he'd resigned on the radio. That doubled his payout.