Adam Tolley’s report has finally been published, with Dominic Raab firing off an angry letter to mark his resignation. And that sense of anger has not been restricted to just the former Justice Secretary. A steady stream of Conservative MPs have been tweeting their disgust this morning, arguing that the claims in Tolley’s report were not serious enough to merit Raab’s resignation. Below is a list of Tories who have gone public with their criticisms:
- Paul Bristow, MP for Peterborough: ‘We are not a serious country’
- Joy Morrissey, MP for Beaconsfield: ‘Sadly, we now live in a country where the definition of bullying includes telling someone to do their job. Where the slightest upset or annoyance is indulged with endless reports and inquiries. Where whining, taking offence and narcissistic victimhood have become the defining characteristics of our times – as the uncomplaining and silent majority look on in disbelief…’
- Nadine Dorries, MP for Mid Bedfordshire: ‘To add context to what I’ve already said today – the least desirable qualities in any politician are disloyalty, weakness, self preservation and a lack of principle.’
- Robert Goodwill, MP for Scarborough and Whitby to Times Radio: ‘I’m very sad for Dom because he always comes across to me as a really genuine, decent guy who is determined to get things done and if you’re determined to get things done maybe you’re less than sympathetic to people who maybe don’t share that determination.’
- Craig Mackinlay, MP for South Thanet to the Telegraph: ‘I really do worry that if this is the new approach, a scalp of a Conservative minister by various civil servants – I think it’s quite a dangerous precedent, if I’m honest.’
- Philip Davies, MP for Shipley on GB News: ‘I wonder whether or not this could lead to a spate of other complaints going in about other ministers, because I suspect that if the threshold has been set so low there will be other examples out there as well.’
- Ben Bradley, MP for Mansfield to Politics Home: ‘In future if you disagree with a Minister just stick a complaint in and get rid of him!’
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