Dominic Raab Is TOAST

[@Spurioushamster]

The person who thinks we should scrap human rights turns out to not be a nice person. I'm shocked 😲

[@ryanfraser167]

Causing scrapping the human rights act cancels all human rights, victims might even get justice...

[@Mclennnan]

🤣🤣

[@ianwheeler7513]

And a Tory .

[@alexanderstefanov6474]

Raab should never have been near government, like most Tories

[@johnmorrison9424]

Not most All Tories

[@Squalleternally]

But those Labour lot. They should be let in. Definitely won't be worse

[@stevenjeffries6863]

i don't vote for the Conservative party for the same reason i don't drink from my toilet.

[@bobjohnbowles]

Well put.

[@leeeastwood6368]

you mean, woof woof!

[@alexanderstefanov6474]

So true

[@alanmoss3603]

Ha ha ha! I'm going to steal that!

[@royboy1901]

And if your life depended on. One or the other which one would you choose

[@blandoatmeal1273]

The problem with bullying is that so many people hear the word and think it's a childhood problem and dismiss it. That's how Rees Mogg gets away with saying "it's all a bit snowflakey." Bullying is abusive and I think that Abuse would be the better term to use to explain to more people just how serious it is.

[@theghostoftom]

Fully agree. When someone who can destroy your job and therefore your income and life makes it clear they intend to make your life hell its a very, very serious and real problem.

[@petyrkowalski9887]

I agree…it is abuse and extremely damaging.

[@bobjohnbowles]

Bullying in the playground or at home is where it starts. It isn't where it stops. Doesn't say much about his family or the school(s) he went to, does it?

[@joelchee9308]

Rees Mogg is sleazy to begin with.. I stopped taking him seriously for quite some time..

[@arfived4]

My position has long been "you can't bully an adult".

[@NoJusticeMTG]

regular reminder that Dominic Raab 'doesn't believe in human rights'

[@Adamb87]

Human Rights Act 1998 is our greatest piece of legislation in the U.K. , I absolutely love it

[@NoJusticeMTG]

@@ianclose123 yes, and?

[@staceywynn7500]

@@NoJusticeMTG oh hey there love your videos lol

[@bobjohnbowles]

Just proves he is not human.

[@christopherjohnson8896]

Patently.

[@Walt_G]

Sunak is basically offering immunity from the Ministerial Code in return for political support.

[@frankshailes3205]

As a convicted criminal, it's no surprise he is corrupt. Why are lawbreakers allowed to be lawmakers?

[@King_K_Rool_]

As a workplace union representative. I can wholeheartedly say that management bullying in our workplace is absolutely rife, i've had members medically diagnosed with actual ptsd and reporting and making sure that action is taken is an absolute joke of a process..

[@franklettering]

King.... "As a Union Rep"....... It doesn't appear that *ANY* "representation" is made, if you "wholeheartedly" can say bullying is rife. Or that the "union members" don't have the bottle to defend their mates.

[@maybe-xh8il]

@@franklettering ilwhat is he even trying to say? He either seen it and does nothing even tho its his job or its all a lie

[@jillybe1873]

I left teaching because of bullying. I work online now, self employed

[@PORRRIDGE_GUN]

@@franklettering Obvious troll is obvious. Let's ignore you from now on.

[@stevepipenger4651]

@@franklettering Mr. Sunak? Is that you?

[@johnwilletts3984]

Imagine a working class criminal taking the same line:- “No one told me that Mugging is wrong” “I received no formal complaints” “The matter will be investigated by my ethics advisor, as is right and proper” “His report will be sent to me in due course”.

[@Lee_303]

Cheers for this 👍. This is why Tories really can't comprehend people being unable to eat / being poor.

[@mikez2779]

"I received no formal complaints" is a political answer of a guy who just don't want to be caught lying. And since he obviously flat out refuse to answer the question, when asked multiple times, then the obvious thing is that informally he knew.

[@williamgeorgefraser]

I worked under a bully a few years ago. I was the manager of a boat hire base and this "superior" visited every Tuesday. I was physically sick every morning I knew he was coming. One of his favourite tricks was to sit at my desk and tell me to pass him the telephone handpiece, 2 ft in front of him, and dial in the number he wanted to call. He began working at the beginning of February, I phoned up the owner and handed in my notice in mid-March, left mid-April, and the "superior" was sacked for incompetence in June. It's not worth your health putting up with bullying in the workplace.

[@tomfinney3416]

i call it beasting william , my experience will sadly surpass yours , i was a yard man in a dept store my main role making bales of the used cardboard , cool enough job , but there was an element there that every night would tip out all the bins from the local restaurants all over the yard meaning every morning i faced a mountain of rotting food to clear , this made me physically sick and istank all day and was treat as a pariah in canteen and break i approached my boss tp ask if cctv could id the culprits so it could be stopped , his reply , "well gungadin , the cameras are off at the moment thecasual racism he displayed made me see one of the culprits ,, i refused to sign a new contract and walked away with my head held high

[@jillybe1873]

I hope you're both OK now. I don't think any incident "surpasses" another because the effect on the victim's nervous system is the same irrespective of the bully's technique.

[@kloffus3]

This is an interesting anecdote. The bully was sacked for incompetence. Do we have a clue here to one reason why someone might try bullying their subordinates? After all how competent, how on top of his brief in all his ministerial appointments was Raab himself? "If you fear your own inadequacy may be exposed make sure you have passed on the blame to those beneath you." could that be it? Of course we need to bear in mind that a boss may indeed need to reprimand a subordinate for inadequate work as well. How that reprimand is delivered is crucial. One can be critical without being threatening or bullying if one if confident in one's own position and ability. I suggest Raab may not have been. . Ambitious but over- promoted and unwilling to admit it.

[@williamgeorgefraser]

@@kloffus3 The guy had previously worked for a company where base managers had to do as instructed by head office. He joined the company I was working with and was suddenly given carte blanche. Some of the things he told me to do were nonsensical and even impossible to do given the setup. He insisted on imposing his own ideas without knowing anything about local conditions. I got my own back by phoning him up after I handed in my notice and gave him an earful. He replaced me with someone with no experience who turned up 1 hour before I left so I didn't have time to let him know how things worked. The guy lasted 5 weeks before getting sacked, during which time he took 1 week's holiday and went off with the breakdown van without contacting head office. The next base manager had to change 7 starter motors in a week, as he didn't know how to start the engines.

[@kloffus3]

@@williamgeorgefraser I think you have shown that what I suggested was true. The guy was incompetent and over promoted beyond his ability and knew it . Thanks for your reply.

[@tarik121]

Raab is finished and when he is, so is Rishi. He didn't sack Zahawi or Raab and I suspect everyone believes he knew full well what both were doing

[@jillybe1873]

He was doing the frauds WITH Zahawi I allege so allegedly

[@andrewleebunting]

This is who they are as people. Their superiority complexes are why they are where they are...desire for power. They try and get away with anything they CAN get away with. Imagine him behaving in this manner out in public towards any member of society, and someone reacting to it. He'd be picking up his teeth, not just being accused of bullying. They live such privileged little lives without any thought of consequences for their actions. Look at Braverman as another example, just walked in to another governmental position within days.

[@johndyda5673]

Yes, and the trouble is, they probably wouldn't worry about being sacked because they have all the money they have to live on. They should be stripped of their wealth.

[@johngregson9827]

This current crop of sick individuals in parliament must go

[@silversurfer640]

John Gregson You mean "psycho's r us".

[@rabidbigdog]

Nearly 30 months to wait (I think?) and even then worst-past-the-post doesn't guarantee they're gone. How did you end up with an electoral system worse than the US-of-stinkin'-A?!

[@mdhazeldine]

Sunak clearly WAS aware of issues, otherwise he wouldn't continually avoid the question by emphasising the word "formal" in his answer. His so easy to see through his lies. Does he think we're stupid? Probably. So much for integrity.

[@TT-fn1xb]

Whenever they start off by saying, 'I've been very clear', you know what's coming. Lies, lies and more damn lies.

[@charliebryce3783]

The interviewer asked Sunak 3 times if there was informal warnings and every time sidesteps this question by saying there was no formal complaint.

[@MartynDavies]

It wasn't even skilfully done; it was, and sounded like, him reciting a memorised statement.

[@johnclements6614]

Yes Sunak confirmed that he was aware of informal complaints.

[@colinwalker7472]

Anyone else think that Sunak was protesting too loudly there as well as being evasive ?

[@razorednight]

It's a sad state of affairs when Sunak evades a question so openly, and the interviewer simply repeats the question instead of pursuing the point a bit more determinedly. I think journalists are too worried about being perceived as rude. They're more concerned about maintaining access than keeping government accountable.

[@bigpants6121]

"I see no evil......

[@petersmith6678]

"I don't recognise" is a public school debating club tactic. Press need to call it out.

[@PortilloMoment]

Much of the media comes from that same background... Unfortunately, you've just asked for the moon on a stick.

[@madmax2506]

spot on Peter, it's utterly meaningless, more "word soup" utter b*11*x

[@wintyrqueen]

Does Sunak really think he’s managing to trick people with those lame avoidance tactics?

[@paulstewart6293]

Yes!

[@jillybe1873]

No he's just playing for time so he and Boris can smuggle the remaining loot to the Bahamas

[@54squeak36]

@@paulstewart6293 He's grown up saying exactly what he wanted when he wanted, facts be damned. He's not going to start listening to anyone now. It is what I say it is, don't you know old chap?

[@isabellewhite3505]

Yes he does, until he's voted out of office

[@MannBazza]

JRMogg: There is a danger we’re being too ‘Snow Flakey’ about it. 24 complaints is like a blizzard Jacob!

[@bobjohnbowles]

You can bet that weasel has plenty of bullying under his belt. But he is the type to pay someone else to do it for him, he would not want to dirty his hands.

[@frankshailes3205]

@@bobjohnbowles He does look a bit like Goebbels, as well as acting like him.

[@pauljenkins4987]

Is it even possible for someone of Mogg's age and upbringing to say snowflakey without sounding arseholier-than-thou?

[@midlandgeordie]

Mogg deserves to be bullied!

[@stephenbrislen]

it is not what you say most of the time it is the manner in which you say it

[@amydavenport1960]

24! How is he still in this job?!

[@ptonpc]

He's a Tory. Enough said.

[@johnglynhughes4239]

Because he's a priveliged power-assisted Tory ideologue.

[@frankshailes3205]

If a civil servant bullied 4 people they'd be out of a job, with complete loss of pension. These crooks keep their ministerial pension of hundreds of thousands of pounds, paid from day one they resign/are kicked. It's foul.

[@theghostoftom]

Putting Braverman immediately back in the front bench sent a very clear signal. Sunak doesn't care if you break the rules, just back him. Tory ministers have taken that small amount of encouragement and run very far with it.

[@shawardara]

It’s said braverman achieved the impossible: by making her civil servants nostalgic for Priti Patel.

[@stevepipenger4651]

The first clue that a person is about to lie is when they start an answer to a question with: “let me be clear…”

[@pippipster6767]

In the case of Raab you can safely judge a book by its cover … really does look like a smug psychopath.

[@frankshailes3205]

It's the mad, staring dead-as-a-shark's eyes...

[@WhichDoctor1]

there can never be a tory party without some degree of bullying, because their entire idyology is predicated around those with power being morally entitled to exploit those with less power.

[@squibys2262]

If sunak doesn’t recognise the behaviour then he approves of it, he see’s nothing wrong with it.

[@mariacrouch7109]

This is arrogance intimidation and bullying at its worse !!!!

[@marilinwisbey7403]

Well done civil servants.

[@7sevensevern]

New week, new Tory who will delay the inevitable to create a distraction.

[@billseymour-jones3224]

The 'bully' is always the inferior person, the inadequate person, the person with the lesser abilities, the person who has to 'prove' that he can wield authority as unjustly as possible in order to demonstrate that (s)he is not the pond-life which (s)he knows deep-down that they are.

[@audreymcgready4329]

You can tell by Drabbs body language and his facial expressions that he is an angry man. And i use the word "MAN" loosely when i speak of him. I detest bullies.

[@jillybe1873]

His grotesque over important father allegedly violently and mentally abused DR throughout his life

[@johnglynhughes4239]

Yes indeed: Incidentally any bully is only such until they don't get away with it. Raab is about to meet consequence.

[@PortilloMoment]

@@johnglynhughes4239 Which will concern him for all of 5 minutes.

[@paulburns7251]

It takes some balls for Rees Mogg, having had the softest life imaginable, to accuse anyone of not being tough enough

[@AnEnemy100]

Clearly the journalist asking if there was any informal warning to Sunak we know it’s because that journalist KNOWS Sunak was warned informally and probably has the receipts.

[@dave28d]

What I am 'hearing' from Sunak is - "Yes, I did hear informal things about Raab's bullying behaviour - but I will hide behind the criteria of 'Formal procedure'........"

[@filipepedro8272]

poor rishi. doesnt know anything.. is there anything he actually knows about?

[@PortilloMoment]

@@filipepedro8272 Whatever it is, it isn't national economies.

[@paulgammidge-jefferson9536]

Bullying in the workplace is real and it is soul destroying.

[@tstuart7333]

I always thought most bullying stop after leaving school. This so-called man is a ducking delinquent. WHY! OH WHY! HAS he not been suspended? Anyone on the street would have been arrested and dragged to the local police office. The nation needs to take deep thought about who they vote for in their local area. Sure 24 individual complaints must come to something.

[@harveybrown37]

I met more than a few Surrey privately educated boys like Raab in the 80’s. He’s a stereotypical product of their output. Sad creatures.

[@miakeogh6844]

Sunak more or less confirmed that he knew all about Raabs bullying

[@janeburrows9595]

In any normal workplace the person would be suspended while an investigation takes place.

[@tonychorley4936]

Notice how Sunak refused to answer the question, and is well briefed by lawyers as was Johnson, they are sickening in their disregard not only for others but also for the truth.

[@IAt0m1xI]

If I got a complaint on my name I am sacked.... Why are these people allowed to get more than 20????

[@tomfinney3416]

two worlds my friend and we are not in the world that doesnt have to follow rules

[@Lilbee730]

Feudalism innit

[@aliwhitwell]

Sunak is typical of Tory Prime Ministers. He peaks with forked tongue and ignores the question and fails almost every time to answer a question!

[@markscott7324]

Exactly Owen - I never trust anyone who treats waiting and retail staff badly. Instant alarm bell.

[@PortilloMoment]

Anyone who cannot tell the difference between whether they are able to do something and whether they should.

[@michie2510]

Raab has a look on his face that makes you think he’s farted and followed through.

[@jillybe1873]

He's deeply depressed and drugged now I suspect

[@highdownmartin]

He’s a Tory, they all do.

[@1050cc]

It does indeed happen in many, many workplaces around the country. Often it is members of HR who conceal and very, very often in my experience, do the bullying themselves !!

[@chrishyde1216]

In the workplace bullies are invariably incompetent. Quite aside from bullying to hide their incompetence, a competent manager would know this is not a sustainable means of getting the best from people.

[@PortilloMoment]

A more than adequate account of why the country's in the state it's in. Mogg's old man, lauded for his 'forward thinking' journalism and the doyen of the vulture capitalist set, was once assessed by his national service CO as, "... competent to perform simple tasks under supervision."

[@LeeJohn70]

Bullies must be dealt with. Raab must be sacked with immediate affect. I read a few days ago that Sunak might be bringing back another Bully Patel to be Party Chairman BULLIES MUST NOT BE IN ANY KIND OF POWER / CONTROL

[@mrrichierich9916]

🚨🚨🚨🚨🛑👁 In any normal job and you had 24 complaints against you you would have been taken to the office and suspended 2 further notice Plus to protect those who are the victims who are making the complaints It comes under the ground of miss conducts at work That is in the real world in a real job

[@tomfinney3416]

i wish i have one warning for disciplinary reasons "telling a co worker to stop gabbing on the phone and do some work ", if i get into another argument at work im out the door , lol 24 complaints ,,,,,,,,

[@onenation9510]

That's the worst thing about victims of bullying/discrimination they are treated as liars whereas the perpetrators are considered victims! This is what happens there's institutional systematic discrimination! It so upsetting and gives one a sense of powerlessness. Rishi Sunak should suspend Dominic Raab until the investigation is completed.

[@heliotropezzz333]

JRM disgustingly implies that the work of the civil servants in the case was not up to the expected standard, without any evidence, thus maligning these people. People don't get promoted to the level of working with Ministers if their work is substandard and a person who will swear at someone in a TV studio just to make a routine request for transport, is clearly a man who thinks he can be obnoxious and intimidating and throw his weight around without any consequences. I read somewhere that another Minister testified to seeing Raab abusing officials.

[@owhite1984]

He says "I AM not aware" meaning that he's still not aware, even though the formal complaint HAS been raised.

[@audreymcgready4329]

Sunak doesn't seem to know much of what is happening in his own party.

[@nom8]

I imagine he chose his victims carefully too. People that won't fight back at all.

[@louislorenzi-prince3842]

Politicians in the US & the UK don't even try to hide their deceit anymore when they're confronted with questions. Their attitude is "that's my story and I'm sticking to it." Willingly deaf, dumb & blind.

[@ieaston5418]

Your characterisation of a bully in your waiter example is spot on, Owen.

[@chrissaltmarsh6777]

Wait until Sunak says 'he has my full confidence'. Then Raab is in lettuce time.

[@antoniasimeon9198]

I still dont understand how sunak doesn't /didnt know about all the allegations and investigations going on when he works in the same building and is a member of the same party as those being investigated.

[@tezinho81]

We all know he knew, but the golden standard for politics is 'plausible deniability'. Not to mention he and his wife have probably (legally) avoided more tax than Zahawi's entire net worth, and apparently he wasn't aware of those goings-on either.

[@powderandpaint14]

He chooses not to be aware.

[@antoniasimeon9198]

@@tezinho81 exactly

[@Demun1649]

He does know. BUT he chooses to LIE rather than be his own person.

[@tezinho81]

@@Demun1649 until you get past the plausible deniability, there's nothing you can do about it

[@barrydaws4602]

In about eight weeks, I will reach my 71st birthday. And I am proud to say I have never voted Tory or agreed with there 'old guff' Yet, there has hardly been a true socialist opposition for millions of the people of the UK. If only we had a true democracy

[@russelljenkins7953]

He should be suspended until the inquiry is done because in other work places they get suspended until the inquiry is finished

[@m.j.nicholls]

Perhaps he bullied 24 people by mistake, like Patel claimed. Hate when that happens.

[@johnburrows3385]

If Raab "strenuously denies" the allegations, it can only mean one thing . The guy is completely lacking in self awareness.

[@isabellewhite3505]

OR, another serial liar. Has an awareness, but doesn't give a damn

[@kevinbeaumont8750]

Sadly, in politics, as in business, it is usually the narcissists who end up with power. I'm looking at you, too, Sunak.

[@mozartsbumbumsrus7750]

Democracy in name only is no democracy.

[@chrissmith8526]

I work in the NHS and my boss was escorted by the police for bullying workers yet he managed to get a position in another hospital and carried on bullying staff members

[@mattstevenson5849]

It is going to look REAL bad when it comes out there was documented complaints, even informally, and Sunak knew. Par for the course for him, completely out of his depth.

[@winopunk7720]

Maybe Raab bullied Sunak into lying?

[@sg-zd8eb]

Not aware, don’t recognise, whatever ignorance they plead it’s smacks of incompetence and covering each other’s arses.

[@waerlogauk]

Given that any complaint a civil servant makes about a minister is likely to be career limiting even if true I think this has to be much more serious than the information we have been given so far would suggest.

[@pdrg]

"Formal" doing all the carrying in Rishi's questioning.

[@eileenclark7744]

Sunak is cynical …I can’t believe he doesn’t know what’s going on.

[@michaelwilliams3232]

If this was BJ there would be an email leak soon afterwards.

[@jillybe1873]

Maybe he's comparing it to Uganda from whence he came?

[@BrokenHill56]

Haha, Rishi is such a coward. He's going down with the ship, but probably not as Captain.

[@markreynolds8871]

Ace.

[@mattlodder]

I really wish journalists were brave enough to ask politicians who are playing stupid word games, as Sunak was, "Do you think I'm stupid, mate?". I really wish, just once, a journalist would call out this weasley wordplay.

[@davidhall7744]

Raab's record: As Brexit Secretary - total failure, As Foreign Secretary - paddleboarded as Kabul fell, As Justice Secretary - wants to tear up our human rights. What an odious little man he is.

[@aland155]

He's a slippery serpent, though his repeated sidestepping of the question is so transparent it's almost comical.

[@Jimmie16]

We need a way to remove a governing party mid term when they are as despicable and corrupt as this one.

[@LizbetNene]

Love it when an interviewer gets a politician into full robot mode, repeating the same soundbite over and over. So revealing.

[@footynutguy]

That interview reminds me of ‘did you threaten to overrule him?’ If memory serves its was Jeremy Paxman interviewing Micheal Howard. Unfortunately I don’t remember who was being overruled.

[@stetomlinson3146]

He’s going nowhere! Sunak can’t get rid of two cabinet members in a week.

[@danielfrancis7129]

I would too feel sick when the scumbag who takes away human rights talks to me

[@Rich_H_1972]

Anyone found guilt of bullying should be out of their job. Not just front bench, out of government and politics

[@louislorenzi-prince3842]

Rushi: I've not experienced any bullying from Dominic Raab. Well, DUH!

[@johnjephcote7636]

For "I don't recognise..." read 'Their definition of bullying is different from mine'.

[@kevinrandall01]

Points very well put. But remember this is a toxic Tory government, nothing will change m8.

[@macdodd]

I was not surprised when I heard of an MP saying that if any of the civil servants or anyone for that matter can't stand the heat they should get out of the kitchen

[@cyclonasaurusrex1525]

Off topic, but your Guardian column about TLOU was beautiful.

[@daviddevoy2197]

Did you know of any informal complaints? Sunak's evasion tell me the answer is yes he did.

[@garethjones6566]

Same old tories always bullying.

[@tesssouter4521]

Mr Sunak have you never heard the saying “ ignorance is no defence “ and that applies to you more than most as the PM.

[@danpictish5457]

You're a genius Owen!

[@cottington32]

Hi Owen, brilliant commentary from you, spot on, can you possibly cover the fact that the NHS has already been privatised and it will be no safer in the hands of Labour. Not the Andrew Marr show on KZbin makes this point quite clearly and factually. Thanks for your contribution to truth.

[@jamess1442]

Who would of thought the nasty party is full of nasty people?

[@kellyewers5692]

He abused his wife allegedly….. but Tory’s covered it up

[@tonychorley4936]

Twenty four people judged it was well beyond setting high standards, something I would guess they are used to. Rees Mogg is part of the group who want to complete their attempt to reduce working people to Dickensian conditions. Not enough food or heat, insecure housing and job contracts and of course , a removal of hard earned workers rights.

[@dianeshelton9592]

Surely Sunak has to be toast too. He is showing himself as wilfully blind

[@msprc1333]

Many years ago, when I was at university and he wasn't yet an MP, I invited him to speak at some debate I organised. I can't remember what it was about, but I can remember he was very hard work; brusque, demanding, self-important etc.

[@thecockerel86]

The man who didn't know that Dover is our main port and connection to the EU is talking about professionalism from Whitehall civil servants?

[@sarahstrupinski6863]

It's not just Raab and Patal, the Toryshyte spend all their time bullying all of us plebs through their appalling strategies. Thank you again for keeping tabs on politics. Take care though.

[@Mclennnan]

The title should read "The tories are TOAST". :)

[@englishcitystone1663]

It was written on his face. Every time he opens his mouth he gives away that he's an aggressive sneering bully. A cross between Rik Myall's Alan B'Stard and Flashman of Tom Brown's School days.

[@david-no6xl]

There is no such thing as an informal complaint once its mentioned it becomes a formal complaint. Raab obviously questions to answer. It does amaze me that MPs can keep their seat in parliament, when found guilty of what would be a sackable event in any other place of work.

[@kenbeaumont6083]

So what is he doing in office ?. Get rid.

[@rinag598]

I just think that the Conservative Party is bad luck for this country!!

[@gavlocked]

How many times can someone directly dodge answering the question - "were you aware of any informal complaints about Dominic Raab?", five times in a row it turns out! Without a shadow of a doubt Sunak is 100% guilty of knowing about informal complaints about him. The lies and the corruption never ends