Great Britain he lost his deputy prime minister and probably, in the next few hours, a new Conservative MP in their ranks. Dominic Raab he resigned on Friday in anger after allegations of bullying and harassment of staff members while working as a cabinet minister in several departments.
In a letter posted on Twitter, the deputy premier and the justice secretary revealed a report on his behavior, which confirmed two allegations against him.
With this resignation Raab prevented the prime minister Rishi Sunak fired him. But he disputed the results, calling them “defective” and stating that they “set a dangerous precedent for the conduct of good government”.
Allegations of bullying Raab surfaced in November. Former employees have said so created a “culture of fear” in their wards.
Raab denies the allegations
Raab denied the allegations and called for an investigation into himself after two formal complaints were filed. As the weeks wore on, more allegations came to light, with one report suggesting there had been some up to 24 complaints.
Raab indicated that Adam Tolley KC’s investigation had confirmed allegations of intimidation made by public officials. But he said this the “threshold for bullying” was set “very low”. Tolley was investigating at least eight formal complaints filed about Raab’s behavior in three different departments.
This is a bitter, personal and angry resignation letter sent by Dominic Raab to the Prime Minister.
The letter doesn’t include an actual apology, but it appears his true feelings of anger. Until Thursday evening she thought she shouldn’t stop.
bosses and criminals
In his first reaction from the civil servants union, which accused him of bullying, he said: “There are demanding bosses and there are bullies. Everyone knows the difference between a demanding boss and a bully.”.
Dave Penman, secretary general of the FDA union, was asked during an appearance on BBC Breakfast whether the claims against Dominic Raab could be the result of different expectations in the workplace between generations.
Penman said, “We don’t need to redefine bullying. Bullying is faced in workplaces across the country. There are demanding bosses and there are bullies, and everyone knows the difference.”
Blow for Sunak
Your departure is one shot for Rishi Sunak, who loses his third cabinet minister to a scandal in just six months as prime minister.
Dominic Raab had been a major supporter of Sunak’s leadership campaign. The prime minister must now appoint a new justice secretary and can also choose to appoint a new minister as he number two him.
In politics there are two types of resignations: those in which a minister sincerely accepts that his time is up and those in which the prime minister pushes him to do so.
Dominic Raab’s exit from government belongs to the latter group. The Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister resigned, but he didn’t do it willingly.
Raab’s allies made it clear on Thursday evening that the minister could survive Adam Tolley’s report on the harassment allegations against him. They said that Rahab, who had already read the report, “I would fight to the death” to keep your job.
However, on Friday morning he walked away with an angry letter of resignation attacking both Tolley and those who had brought charges against him.
The investigation, he said, had set the threshold for bullying “as low” as it had set a “dangerous precedent”.
“It will encourage false denunciations of ministers and have a chilling effect on those who are pushing for change on behalf of their government and ultimately the British people,” said the former deputy premier.
Sunak has accepted the resignation
But Sunak, perhaps for broader political considerations, of course He did not agree. Downing Street has always made it clear that they did not want to allow Raab to be deported without substantial evidence.
Raab was one of Sunak’s staunch supporters, sticking with him throughout the summer even as it became clear his first leadership campaign was doomed.
He came to Downing Street with the promise of… “restoring confidence” in politics, after the scandals of Boris Johnson’s tenure.
Sunak eventually concluded that Raab’s position was untenable and that he could not publicly defend his deputy against the findings of the Tolley report.
Raab also used his letter to criticize the “systematic leak of distorted and fabricated claims to the media” and the “coercive removal” of dedicated private secretaries from his office by a senior official.
They are calling for his resignation as deputy
The resignation came after the findings of the official report on Raab’s behavior were presented to Rishi Sunak on Thursday.
A Labor source said it was the second time a cabinet minister had been “allowed to resign”. on charges of intimidationnoting that Sir Gavin Williamson resigned last year, rather than sack him as prime minister.
“We’ve had 13 years of Tory Prime Ministers trying to get around the rules and stand up for their peers,” they added. “Enough,” they asked.
The Liberal Democrats have called on Raab to step down as MP and hold a by-election in his place. For them he has demonstrated that “not only is he unfit to be a minister, but he is totally incapable of representing his constituents in parliament”.
letter from rahab
In the letter to the prime minister, Raab wrote: “I have called for an investigation and have promised to resign if intimidation is found. I think it is important to keep my word.”
The outgoing minister said the report, produced by independent researcher Adam Tolley KC, argued that ‘not once in four and a half years has cursed or yelled at someone, let alone threw something or physically intimidated someonenor did he intentionally try to bring anyone down.”
Raab said this investigation sets a “dangerous precedent”. “It will encourage false denunciations of ministers and will have a chilling effect on those who are pushing for change on behalf of their government and ultimately on the British people.”
“Truly sorry for any stress or offense unintentional that officials felt, due to the pace, standards and challenge I brought to the Justice Ministry. “However, this is what the public has come to expect from ministers working on their behalf,” Raab said.
He also attacked the investigative process, saying there had been “a number of irregularities” including the “systematic leaking distorted and made-up claims to the media” and “the coercive removal by a senior official of dedicated private secretaries” from his private office.
He signed off signaling his loyalty to the prime minister, writing: ‘I continue to support you and this government, just as I did when I first introduced you at your campaign leadership launch last July. You have shown yourself to be a great prime minister in very difficult conditions at times. and you can count on my support from the seats,” he said.
Pressure on the premier
Raab was appointed by Sunak after he took power in October. Less than 48 hours ago he sat next to the Prime Minister at Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons.
Sunak came under pressure for what he knew about Rahab’s alleged conduct. The Prime Minister had been informed of it Rahab’s “unacceptable behaviour”. before making him his deputy and justice secretary.
Downing Street said Sunak “I was not aware of that” of any “formal complaints” about Rahab when he appointed him. But Downing St did not deny that the concerns had been expressed informally.
Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer had previously accused the prime minister of ignoring reports of Raab’s conduct.
Raab’s departure follows Sunak’s decision to sack Tory Party chairman Nadhim Zahawi from his post in January after the former chancellor was found to have breached ministerial code on his tax affairs.
who is rahab
Dominic Raab is above all a Brexit supporterwhich helped bring Boris Johnson to power.
Era justice secretary, chancellor and deputy prime minister.
He was born on February 25, 1974 in Buckimghamshire and is the son of a Czech refugee of Jewish origin who arrived in Great Britain in 1938.
He was raised an Anglican by his mother. He graduated from Oxford University with a law degree and subsequently obtained a Masters from Cambridge.
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Source: Clarin
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