"Rishi Sunak Showed Weakness Over Dominic Raab - Now He Must Explain Why He Appointed Him"

The ex-Minister was intimidating, unreasonable and abused his power to undermine and humiliate public servants. He should have been denied the luxury of resigning

Dominic Raab has resigned amid fallout from a bullying report (

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Dominic Raab's letter of resignation was crude, sour and graceless.

The former justice secretary pathetically presented himself as some form of victim rather than accepting responsibility, let alone a full apology, for his actions.

Adam Tolley's report describes in great detail how Mr. Raab misbehaved.

The former cabinet minister had been intimidating, unreasonable and had abused his power to undermine and humiliate public servants.

Mr. Raab should have been denied the luxury of resigning and with it the ability to give a misleading account of his behavior in order to salvage what was left of his reputation.

Reading the report, Rishi Sunak should have fired him immediately for what was a clear violation of the ministerial code.

The Prime Minister showed similar weakness by hesitating before Gavin Williamson was also forced to resign over intimidation.

Mr. Sunak must explain why he appointed Mr. Raab despite warnings about his behavior, as his judgment was again found to be insufficient.

It's a government just as tarnished and chaotic as those of Liz Truss and Boris Johnson. The Conservatives are abusing power because they have been in power for too long.

The fight goes on

This weekend, family and friends of Stephen Lawrence will mourn the 30th anniversary of his death.

It will be a difficult and heartfelt moment as they remember his short life and imagine what he could have accomplished had he not been murdered in an unprovoked racist attack.

They will also wonder why more hasn't been done to improve policing and counter the still all-too-common bigotry in Britain.

Stephen will never be forgotten, but neither should the fight for justice in his name.

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