justjoining us here on bbc news, a very significant day here in the uk. in london, in westminster come in the heart of government, the deputy prime minister announcing his resignation after an investigation into allegations of bullying. we have not seen that report. the investigation itself, we still haven t seen. we have a glimpse about what it s found through the resignation letter of dominic raab. in that letter he said he felt duty bound to resign but then went on very quickly to say that he disagreed with the findings, effectively saying part of the investigation was flawed. that was the word to use, flawed. it is a resignation letter that certainly, whatever is and whatever your views, will not draw a line under this issue. it fires off a number of
that does not clear the guy, got to go that does not clear the guy, got to 9° that does not clear the guy, got to go mr sunak. let that does not clear the guy, got to go mr sunak- that does not clear the guy, got to go mr sunak. let us take a quick moment to go mr sunak. let us take a quick moment to actually go mr sunak. let us take a quick moment to actually look go mr sunak. let us take a quick moment to actually look at - go mr sunak. let us take a quick moment to actually look at the - moment to actually look at the letter, we can bring it up on the screens injust a letter, we can bring it up on the screens in just a second. it is quite long. a couple of key paragraphs. it is worth reading verbatim to get a real sense of what he is believing and why he is doing what he is doing. he says, at the start, i am writing to resign from your government following receipt of the report arising from the inquiry. we know that. he says, i undertook to resign if it made
him? the question i would be asking the prime minister if i got the chance. question number two, who will be the newjustice secretary and do you want a new deputy prime minister? having to reshape the government in light of the resignation. government in light of the resignation. government in light of the resianation. ., ., , government in light of the resianation. ., . resignation. always going to be a difficult choice resignation. always going to be a difficult choice for resignation. always going to be a difficult choice for rishi resignation. always going to be a difficult choice for rishi sunak, . difficult choice for rishi sunak, create a vacancy in one of the top jobs in government or risk a mutiny in the ministry ofjustice. do you think there now appeases civil servants? does that relationship get better? has the management problem gone away with this? ibis of better? has the management problem gone away with this? gone away with this? as of a couple of hours ago.
relieved that dominic raab has resigned. i think for rishi sunak, provided the report is the kind of report most people will think was reasonable there has been burning, that gets rid of one problem for rishi sunak, but he should have resigned. it is awkward in other ways because clearly what opposition politicians will say is, hang on a minute, why on earth did you have someone like him in your government in the first place? they were rumours swirling around dominic raab s behaviour. the third thing is, this does somewhat dent rishi sunak s attempts to stabilise british politics, the idea that is a competence, normal government after the turmoil of borisjohnson and liz truss. one has to be very careful not to overstate or understate. what do i mean by overstating? probably,
sense that dominic raab clearly does feel an injustice, not only that elements of some of the allegations reported, it would appear, as far as dominic raab s reading of the report is concerned, were not as significant as they might have been on the front page of some newspapers. then there is the question about whether it might leave space in the future, if the prime minister wanted it to happen, to bring back dominic raab. we will wait to hear what the prime minister s that it is, we will see in the coming hours, these are all of the discussions and debate are only just of the discussions and debate are onlyjust beginning. let us see how dominic raab responds to questions he will inevitably face in the coming days about his conduct and implications of his conduct and the case study of his behaviour within government in terms of how government in terms of how government should or shouldn t work. if the prime minister decides to