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Should we be surprised that Adam Tolley KC will not be telling Rishi Sunak whether he thinks Dominic Raab is guilty of bullying?

No: his instructions were merely to “establish the specific facts surrounding” a series of formal complaints against the justice secretary. The barrister was not asked to draw inferences or pass judgment.

We were told on Tolley…

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