Raab is gone because the Tories have changed – at least that’s what Sunak wants you to think

‘Raab is a longtime ally of the prime minister, and the tone of their exchange suggests he can hold out at least the hope of a return to the cabinet at some point.’ Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP

Dominic Raab is obviously furious about his latest departure from government. If his letter of resignation didn’t make that clear enough, a subsequent opinion piece for the Daily Telegraph spelled out his complaints about both the process and the outcome.

Does Rishi Sunak agree? Reading between the lines of his own letter, he might. It is long on praise for the outgoing justice secretary; and decidedly brief on the circumstances that precipitated his resignation. Yet, ultimately, both men have to shoulder the lion’s share of the responsibility.