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What’s the point of Dominic Raab?

What’s the point of Dominic Raab?

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Joshua Rozenberg
Oct 26, 2022
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Why has Rishi Sunak made Dominic Raab his deputy prime minister, secretary of state for justice and lord chancellor?

Here are some suggestions:

  • Sunak wanted a competent performer to stand in for him at prime minister’s questions and this was the cabinet post that Raab demanded.

  • The prime minister concluded that Raab, despite being his notional deputy, woul…

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