Jaci Stephen from the Daily Mail dubbed the character Desperately Dull Dan. After Dan gave Sam his and Libby's savings, a reporter for the Daily Record said What a silly boy Dan is. He's always been the first person everyone on Ramsay Street could turn to in a crisis, the kind we'd all love to have on our side.
Entrenched means firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change. Interests in this context could be defined as expectations of profit or benefits. Entrenched interests would then be expectations of profit or benefits that are firmly established and unlikely to change: It is time to stand up to the narrow, entrenched interests that are blocking progress for all.
Verb. 1. encase-enclose in, or as if in, a case; my feet were encased in mud. incase, case. pack-arrange in a container; pack the books into the boxes.