Senior mandarin who accused Dominic Raab of bullying made a huge blunder in Gibraltar negotiations
A SENIOR mandarin who accused Dominic Raab of bullying made a huge blunder in negotiations over Gibraltar.
The official told the Spanish they could station cops on the Rock after Brexit.
The Deputy PM quit after a probe ruled he had humiliated the mandarin in a dressing down in 2021 said to be “an abuse of power”.
But The Sun can reveal the very senior Foreign Office figure made the offer to Spain — against Cabinet orders.
A senior Whitehall source said EU divorce talks over the British territory almost collapsed because of the “freelancing diplomat”.
The source added: “The damage done to the negotiations cannot be understated.”
Mr Raab, then Foreign Secretary, summoned the official and accused him of breaking the Civil Service Code.
More than 2½ years later, the mandarin complained he had been bullied.
That allegation was upheld by independent lawyer Adam Tolley KC — who probed a total of eight claims against Mr Raab and upheld two.
