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Originally Posted by jfman

Did he raise issues in the appropriate manner with either Simon Case or his predecessor?

Dozens, indeed hundreds of Conservative ministers have led departments over the vast majority over the last 40 years without much incident. Raab, and Patel, are the outliers here. Not civil servants who have served Conservative ministers for the vast majority (or indeed, perhaps all) of their careers.

It’s worth noting Rishi Sunak picked the kangaroo.

In this case, I'm not convinced by what you say, John.

If you take this in the round with the coordinated union strikes, which include the Civil Service in part, and my view that the CS is essentially leftie (nothwithstanding the years of Tory rule), you might give Raab the benefit of the doubt.

Public confidence in bthe government and CS is now fading.