Raab is no different to any other workplace bully

Having worked in the armed forces, public sector and for a national charity for over 45 years, I have listened to the ongoing reporting of the Raab case with interest. During my working life I have experienced the full spectrum of management styles, but always observed and felt that an intimidating and coercive approach was to be avoided at all costs.

The thing I find that Dominic Raab and my worst managers seem to have in common is that they are unable to either realise or accept that they are overbearing or bullying in their demeanour and actions, and as such are unable to get the best from their staff.

In my view Dominic Raab’s resignation letter clearly demonstrates a refusal to accept any measure of blame for the situation in which he finds himself or to indicate that he has any intention to change.

How sad for British politics.

John Blake

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Call me a killjoy, but I can’t join those celebrating Elon Musk and SpaceX’s self-declared “success” of a 239 second flight of the Starship rocket.

We are facing a climate change crisis. In response, we are moving (too slowly) towards energy generation from renewables and shifting Earth-bound transport haphazardly towards electric motive power; and some are advocating a reduction in air travel in the forlorn hope of reducing air pollution.

Yet, Elon Musk has declared that Starship not only heralds the prospect of tourist trips to the Moon, but will provide the prospect of getting people to anywhere on Earth in under an hour (at great costs in air pollution).

If we are to survive the multiple disasters threatening the planet, we need a public debate about the senselessness of promoting activities that exacerbate climate change whilst investing vast sums attempting to mitigate the unstoppable.

Ian Reid

Kilnwick

Those of us who are a bit older may remember Marvin the Martian asking “Where’s the kaboom?” He didn’t say “There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering rapid unscheduled disassembly!”.

Dennis Fitzgerald

Melbourne

At a time when our country is crying out for leadership, all we have is a weak caretaker prime minister who wouldn’t even stand up to his own deputy.

Why won’t Rishi Sunak do the honourable thing by calling a general election to end the Tory chaos once and for all?

Geoffrey Brooking

Hampshire

Once we start passing legislation which by-passes the law courts, be it here or abroad, then to put it succinctly we are in contempt of the law. Our politicians can use as many euphemisms as they can muster; it still means they believe they are above the law.

If this line is crossed then looking at the woeful quality of this government, their continuous drift towards desperation and the bewildered desire to pander to the far right, what, I ask, would stop them next advocating for an act that could enable them to ignore future elections?

This of course will be under limited circumstances and would only happen very rarely. I think we’ve heard the latter promise before, haven’t we?

Robert Boston

Kent