![\"Deputy](\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/0A49\/production\/_129433620_raab.png.webp)
<\/picture><\/span>PA Media<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nWestminster waits.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n A sense of limbo. The prime minister deciding not to decide, yet, about the future of his deputy, Dominic Raab.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The judgement call is binary: keep him, or sack him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Here is what we know:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The prime minister has seen the report from Adam Tolley KC. The deputy prime minister has too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Rishi Sunak and Dominic Raab did not speak on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Mr Raab has said for some time that he would resign if it was concluded he was a bully. But Mr Raab has not resigned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n It seems reasonable, therefore, to conclude the deputy prime minister does not think the evidence in the report amounts to bullying.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n So the decision over his future is down to the prime minister.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n So why the delay?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The government had created an expectation Mr Sunak’s verdict would be quick.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Those participants in this process had been told to expect its outcome on Thursday, but it didn’t come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Equally, we should add a bit of context: when Boris Johnson was prime minister, he waited several months to publish and offer his verdict on an inquiry into his Home Secretary, Priti Patel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n That inquiry, by his standards adviser Sir Alex Allan, concluded Ms Patel had broken the Ministerial Code, but Mr Johnson ignored it. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Ms Patel carried on. Sir Alex resigned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Talking to us on BBC Newscast, Sir Alex said of Rishi Sunak’s quandary now: “You can understand, if it’s a huge report, the prime minister may want time to consider it. But as far as I can see it probably cannot be completely clear cut. Otherwise he would have come out with a decision one way or the other.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n But the waiting is having consequences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Mr Raab knows the names of those in his department, the Ministry of Justice, who were complainants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Those complainants fear he might keep his job.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “The prime minister’s prevarication makes it feel more likely that the whole thing, the last five months of agony for Raab’s subordinates, will end in a whitewash,” somebody who advised Mr Raab in a senior role in one department told the BBC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Are resignations possible from the civil service if Mr Raab keeps his job?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “I think so,” Dave Penman of the civil servants’ union the FDA said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Very few people have seen Adam Tolley’s report, and next to nothing has leaked from it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n We should reserve judgement until we see it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Mr Sunak faces turbulence whatever he decides to do.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Sack the man who loyally campaigned for him to become prime minister and create a big vacancy at the top of government and a big question about whether he should have appointed him in the first place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Keep him and face potential mutiny inside the Ministry of Justice and the prospect of alleged victims of Mr Raab’s behaviour resigning, demanding a move and maybe talking publicly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “Either outcome gives him a management problem,” one senior Conservative MP reflected to me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n A friend of Mr Raab told me the deputy prime minister has long been “moderately optimistic” the report might be less than clear cut.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Let’s see.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Mr Raab is facing a moment of jeopardy over his job.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Rishi Sunak is facing a moment of jeopardy over his judgement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Sunak accused of delay over Raab bullying decision<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Raab pays own legal fees for bullying probe<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n What counts as workplace bullying?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Raab: Karate black-belt who is no stranger to controversy<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n Published at Thu, 20 Apr 2023 23:38:05 +0000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chris Mason: Raab and Sunak both face moment of jeopardy PA Media By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News Westminster waits. A sense of limbo. The prime minister deciding not to decide, yet, about the future of his deputy, Dominic Raab. The judgement call is binary: keep him, or sack him. Here is what we… Continue reading Chris Mason: Raab and Sunak both face moment of jeopardy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk-politics","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Consequences of waiting<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
Potential mutiny <\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
Related Topics<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
\n
More on this story<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
![\"Dominic](\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/1B46\/production\/_129428960_raabsunakgetty.jpg.webp)
<\/picture><\/div>\n\n
![\"Dominic](\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/1000F\/production\/_129415556_raab.jpg.webp)
<\/picture><\/div>\n\n
![\"Woman](\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/10FA6\/production\/_129424596_gettyimages-1290488076-1.jpg.webp)
<\/picture><\/div>\n\n
![\"Dominic](\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/BD12\/production\/_129420484_7cd9478edafee0af107526c695148dbf4b17053e297_135_1607_9041000x563.jpg.webp)
<\/picture><\/div>\n