welcome back. the justice secretary and deputy prime minister has gone, but he has not gone willingly. in an unrepentant resignation letter today, mr raab said he wanted to keep his word that he would stand down if the report found against him but he claims the process was flawed and that it sets a dangerous precedent. we will dicuss that further tonight, with our panel the global trade expert rebecca harding and from california, republican, lanhee chen who was policy director for mitt romney s presidential campaign. and we could hardly have a better panel, for our deep dive tonight, into the profound changes we are seeing in world trade. there is new global map that has emerged since february last year, on which countries are dividing into two distinctive trading blocks. what does that mean for you and me. also tonight we are keeping our eye on the us supreme court, a ruling expected in the coming hours on the abortion drug mifepristone, after a court in texas suspende
from deputy prime minister to backbench mp, dominic raab resigned from government yesterday, but defended his behaviour, and argued against the findings of an inquiry that upheld some of the bullying claims against him. is this a stitch up? look, i wouldn t describe it that way. i resigned from cabinet today because i said i would if there was any adverse finding from this inquiry, and i m true to my word politicians should be. but i do think it sets a very dangerous precedent. if you look at the tolley report, it dismissed almost all of the claims against me. it found i d never once, in 4.5 years, lost my temper, sworn, shouted, anything of that nature. but it also highlighted maybe two or three instances where i d been what they described as unintentionally abrasive . the report by the senior lawyer adam tolley kc found mr raab: