this kind of weather. the bluebells will be struggling. louise, - this kind of weather. the bluebells will be struggling. louise, thank . will be struggling. louise, thank ou. nice will be struggling. louise, thank you- nice to will be struggling. louise, thank you. nice to see will be struggling. louise, thank you. nice to see you. it s been an interesting week in politics the deputy prime minister dominc raab resigned after a report found he was intimidating and aggressive towards civil servants. the prime minister had been considering his future in government. but mr raab did not go quietly. he made it very clear that, while he accepted the outcome of the inquiry, he did not agree with the findings against him. so where does this leave rishi sunak and dominic raab, who is still of course a serving mp? let s speak to the financial times political editor george parker and sonia sodha who s the chief lead writer at the observer. good morning to you both and thank you for y
politicalisation. people will argue the opposite and that the whole point is that it is apolitical? i think there are two separate questions. there are questions about workplace standards and bullying in whitehall and westminster and a separate question about how the civil servants woke. it is dangerous to conflate the two. this was an independent report by a senior lawyerfound dominc raab behaved unacceptably. this was not about standards, civil servants not performing up to scratch, it was about how dominc raab behaved and the report found he did humiliate people in the workplace, consistent negative criticism, it was not constructive. we behaved aggressively in certain meetings. i think it is wrong for the government to respond to a report that has found that a minister bullied civil
been found to have bullied people in the workplace- the workplace. george, this is the latest resignation the workplace. george, this is the latest resignation from the workplace. george, this is the latest resignation from the - latest resignation from the conservative government. i think the third under rishi sunak s government. where does that leave the government? he government. where does that leave the government? the government? he appointed a cabinet last the government? he appointed a cabinet last october the government? he appointed a cabinet last october when - the government? he appointed a cabinet last october when he - the government? he appointed a - cabinet last october when he became prime cabinet last october when he became prime minister, free of whose member had to prime minister, free of whose member had to resign. an it calls into question had to resign. an it calls into question the prime minister 5 judgement because a lot of the allegations about t