welcome to the programme. sixty interviews, two and half days of cross examination, and a 48 page report that documents dominic raab s misuse of power . we will dig deep tonight into the deputy prime minister s response to those allegations, and the political fallout from his resignation. also tonight. stagnation, fifth season syndrome and staying afloat in the premier league. why does survival, feel like an end in itself, for so many of england s biggest clubs. no stagnation at wrexham, not any more. ryan reynolds fairytale could reach its climax tomorrow. the world s third oldest professional club, on the brink of the non league championship and a return to the football league. and the changing global economy, are we splitting into two competing blocks. and what does that mean for trade, currency, and politics. our paneljoining us to dicuss that after 9. but let s start with dominic raab s resignation. the report from adam tolley kc, concluded that the deputy prime ministe
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:
described as, unintentionally abrasive. whether it was speaking very directly to a senior civil servant would preach to mandate on the very important negotiation or the very important negotiation or the language i used was giving basic information for budgetary meeting with hundreds of millions of pounds. if the threshold for bullying is lower at that low, it s almost impossible for ministers to deliver for the british people and i think 11 chilling effect on effective ii chilling effect on effective government and the british people will pay the price. you government and the british people will pay the price. government and the british people will pay the price. you describe the work of one will pay the price. you describe the work of one civil will pay the price. you describe the work of one civil servant will pay the price. you describe the work of one civil servant does - work of one civil servant does useless and woeful and extended her hand out to someone s face to stop th