Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab is facing a string of claims that he mistreated civil servants amid reports he angrily hurled tomatoes and has been nicknamed ‘The Incinerator’.
It follows claims that Ministry of Justice staff was offered a way out of the department when Dominic Raab was reinstated as Justice Secretary amid apparent concerns over his past conduct in the position.
Dominic Raab is alleged to have presided over a culture of fear during his previous time there, with unknown civil servants arguing he acted in a derogatory, rude and aggressive way, with one branding him a bully.
On one occasion, he is said to have thrown tomatoes from a Pret a Manger salad across a table in a fit of anger because he wasn’t happy with the way he was being briefed.
Dominic Raab has also reportedly earned himself ‘The Incinerator’ title because he burns through staff so fast.
A spokesman for the Deputy PM dismissed the allegations as complete hogwash and said he always acted with the utmost professionalism, but more accusations about Dominic Raab’s behaviour emerged dating back to his time as Brexit Secretary in 2018.
According to a newspaper outlet, a formal expression of concern was sent to the Cabinet Office about his behaviour but no further action was taken.
However, fellow Tories rode to Dominic Raab’s defence, with MP Helen Grant stating she’d witnessed an extremely worthy Minister with high professional standards when working with him when he was Foreign Secretary.
Tory MP Eddie Hughes also said he’d never seen Dominic Raab be disrespectful to anyone during his time in the housing or Brexit departments, adding that he was extremely hard-working and expects others to be as well.
There appear to be a lot of official complaints being made against Dominic Raab, but they were all alleged, and who made these complaints? What did this man really do? Oh yes, he launched a tomato because he was having a bad day. Don’t most people have bad days, it’s what makes us human beings, although I’m sure some in parliament are still walking on their knuckles.
Can we please stop this now and focus on getting this mess of a country back on its feet? Honestly, the cost of living crisis is far more important than a few tomatoes.
Let’s be real here, tossing a tomato at a civil servant is hardly headline news. Now if it had said he hurled a hand grenade, that may have gotten some response.
What is the media trying to do? Make these MPs and civil servants into gangsters – it was a tomato, not a machine gun – next, they’ll be calling Dominic Raab ‘Al Capone’.
Dominic Raab was just being a typical Tory and chucking his toys out of his pram, only this time it was a tomato! He’s not a bully, he’s just a powder puff.
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