Fisher understands that the press dislikes an unanswered vacuum and supplies a compelling story in which naval investment protects workers, the nation, and the empire. Journalists can then present themselves as crusaders against accountants and officials who appear to obstruct safety and employment. This strategy gives Fisher a distinctive form of job security: ministers fear that an unshackled outsider would create even more trouble than the Controller they can partially constrain. Occasional concessions reinforce that belief by suggesting that only office disciplines him. In the scenario, Ramsay MacDonald and Stanley Baldwin therefore have reason to fear that dismissing Fisher would amplify, rather than contain, his campaign. Henderson becomes indispensable through competence, while Fisher survives by making his political removal look more dangerous than his continued appointment.
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Fisher makes himself more dangerous outside government
By feeding journalists a heroic naval narrative, Fisher can make dismissal politically riskier than keeping his disruptive energy inside the Admiralty.