Is Dominic Raab’s summer holiday really still an issue as the evacuation of Afghanistan enters its final few hours? According to the Foreign Secretary, it still is. Despite everyone else in Westminster seeming to move on from the fury that accompanied Raab’s decision to stay in Crete as the Taliban swept back to power, the minister still has things to say on the matter and is therefore keeping the story alive.
This morning, he was on a broadcast round talking about the evacuation efforts and the reality of there being any protection for Afghans after 31 October. But he was also asked about whether he should have come back from his holiday. His initial answer wasn’t that bad: he said that with hindsight he would have liked to have been back in London, but that as Foreign Secretary he was able to work on the crisis remotely anyway.
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