The resignation of Dominic Raab as deputy prime minister and head of Justice has opened a new crisis in the Rishi Sunak government. Without waiting for the “premier’s” decision, Raab submitted his resignation after the devastating internal investigation into at least eight cases of workplace harassment.
The 49-year-old conservative politician was one of Sunak’s closest allies after he came to power five months ago. Raab had also been a fundamental piece in the governments of Boris Johnson, whom he came to supplant in office during his convalescence from Covid.
In his resignation letter, Raab disputes the findings of the internal investigation led by lawyer Adam Tolley and maintains that he always behaved “in a professional manner.”
The former deputy prime minister warns in his farewell letter that his case could set “a serious and dangerous precedent for the conduct of good government.”
Raab, who was head of the Foreign Office, specifically mentions his action against a senior diplomat who “broke the mandate reached by the Cabinet” during the Brexit negotiations on Gibraltar.
The former head of Justice, a black belt in karate, with a reputation for being inflexible and irascible, leaves Sunak in a compromised position, also attacks the anomalous functioning of the Government and “the systematic leaks to the press.”
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