Dominic Raab

[lardy]

Re: Dominic Raab

Politicians go on holiday and when required they come back. Thats what happens. It doesnt make them 'c**ts'

Well, some come back when they're required.

https://metro.co.uk/2011/08/07/boris-johnson-i-wont-cut-short-my-holiday-to-deal-with-tottenham-riots-106572/

Boris Johnson last night insisted he will not be cutting short his holiday to deal with the fall-out from
the Tottenham riots.

Speaking to the BBC by phone, he said: "I am not going to come back at the moment because I have complete confidence in the police and I think that they are doing a very, very good job."

[WJ99mobile]

Re: Dominic Raab

Thought he was actually quite good as Brexit secretary but hasn't come out of this well.

When it's people's lives at stake he should have known the severity.

[Croesy Blue]

Re: Dominic Raab

Thought he was actually quite good as Brexit secretary but hasn't come out of this well.

What did he do well as brexit secretary?

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

Re: Dominic Raab

This is a man who once said
“The typical user of a foodbank is not someone that’s languishing in poverty, it’s someone who has a cash flow problem episodically.”

He published a book that claimed
"The British are among the worst idlers in the world. We work among the lowest hours, we retire early and our productivity is poor."

He wrote another book that called for hospitals to be privatised, then claimed that he hadn't.

And whilst Brexit secretary he said
"I hadn't quite understood the full extent of this, but if you look at the UK and if you look at how we trade in goods, we are particularly reliant on the Dover-Calais crossing."

[goats]

Re: Dominic Raab

Why do people defend the indefensible when it comes to party politics? People’s lives are in danger and he’s the foreign secretary.

Do you think it’s right for the foreign secretary to go on holiday and ignore comms?

They ignored 2 million people on the streets of London once who told them not to invade Iraq to find weapons of mass destruction, that went well too…more BS

[Croesy Blue]

Re: Dominic Raab

They ignored 2 million people on the streets of London once who told them not to invade Iraq to find weapons of mass destruction, that went well too…more BS

Yep completely criminal

[JamesWales]

Re: Dominic Raab

Yep completely criminal

I marched in London (and Cardiff) about that, but its never easy to assess what could have happened had we not gone in.

Very generally I'd say Iraq was a mistake and Afghanistan wasn't, but things were achieved in both and no one should think they fought in vain IMO. Saddam Hussain and especially the Taliban were tyrants of the highest order.

[J R Hartley]

Re: Dominic Raab

This is a man who once said
“The typical user of a foodbank is not someone that’s languishing in poverty, it’s someone who has a cash flow problem episodically.”

He published a book that claimed
"The British are among the worst idlers in the world. We work among the lowest hours, we retire early and our productivity is poor."

He wrote another book that called for hospitals to be privatised, then claimed that he hadn't.

And whilst Brexit secretary he said
"I hadn't quite understood the full extent of this, but if you look at the UK and if you look at how we trade in goods, we are particularly reliant on the Dover-Calais crossing."

Hes entitled to a holiday

[J R Hartley]

Re: Dominic Raab

I marched in London (and Cardiff) about that, but its never easy to assess what could have happened had we not gone in.

Very generally I'd say Iraq was a mistake and Afghanistan wasn't, but things were achieved in both and no one should think they fought in vain IMO. Saddam Hussain and especially the Taliban were tyrants of the highest order.

Walter Mitty

[Baloo]

Re: Dominic Raab

Should he not go on holiday?

Or are you basing the insults on what the Labour Party have said? Because, as a general rule, you cant trust opposition parties to be entirely truthful about situations regarding their political opponents..

Which bits particularly are you suggesting may be untrue? The Foreign Office has already confirmed he was on holiday and decided to delegate the call about rescuing the interpreters because he was busy.

[JamesWales]

Re: Dominic Raab

Which bits particularly are you suggesting may be untrue? The Foreign Office has already confirmed he was on holiday and decided to delegate the call about rescuing the interpreters because he was busy.

How do you know it made any difference. Thats the point.

[Baloo]

Re: Dominic Raab

How do you know it made any difference. Thats the point.

We don't. I really don't think that is the point.

[JamesWales]

Re: Dominic Raab

Walter Mitty

Given your knee-jerk insults today, I'll take that as a compliment.

[JamesWales]

Re: Dominic Raab

We don't. I really don't think that is the point.

It is. Raab is insulted and criticised (by tabloids and other parties...wow, surprise!) for something he supposedly didnt do whilst we ignore the fact that people are currently working round the clock to airlift thousands of people from Kabul airport.

As if these situations are easy.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Re: Dominic Raab

It is. Raab is insulted and criticised (by tabloids and other parties...wow, surprise!) for something he supposedly didnt do whilst we ignore the fact that people are currently working round the clock to airlift thousands of people from Kabul airport.

As if these situations are easy.

People are working around the clock, and Raab isn't. That's the issue.