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Isabel Hardman's Sunday Round-up – 23/04/23

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The Spectator

News, Daily News, Politics

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Isabel Hardman hosts highlights from Sunday morning's political shows. Today's shows focussed heavily on Dominic Raab's resignation from Rishi Sunak's government. Whilst new deputy PM Oliver Dowden described Raab as a 'man of his word', Labour's Jonathan Ashworth was less flattering, calling him: 'Not just a bullying minister, a failing minister'. Education was also a hot topic. In the aftermath of the tragic death of headteacher Ruth Perry, questions have arisen over whether Ofsted is a positive influence on the sector. 

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0:00.0

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0:23.7

Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots,

0:25.7

the Spectators' Daily Politics Podcast.

0:28.2

I'm Isabel Hardman and this is the Sunday Roundup.

0:32.1

Dominic Robb resigned as Deputy Prime Minister this week after an investigation into bullying

0:36.8

upheld some of the allegations against him. He didn't go quietly, however, claiming some

0:42.0

activist civil servants have been trying to block reforms they did not like.

0:47.1

His successor Oliver Dowden told Sophie Richie had nothing to add to the findings of the

0:51.9

investigation, but he hoped there wouldn't be any lessening of the high-standard civil servants

0:56.5

are held to. He described Robb as a man of his word. Is Dominic Robb a bully?

1:03.2

Well, the Prime Minister asked Adam Tolly to conduct a detailed investigation.

1:08.4

I think it was about 48 pages long. He set out the facts of what happened in a very clear way.

1:16.0

There's nothing further I can add to that interpretation. What I can say is that

1:21.7

Dom promised that if there was an adverse finding against him, he would resign.

1:28.1

I've worked with Dom on over a number of years, particularly I remember the time when he took

1:33.1

over from Boris when he was incapacitated. I know that Dom is a man of his word and he resigned,

1:39.1

and as the Prime Minister said, I think that was the right thing to have done.

1:42.1

He did. He made that promise on this programme that if a bullying complaint was upheld,

1:46.3

he would resign. So if he hadn't made that commitment, do you think he would still be in a job?

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