Standard questions about Dominic Raab’s record as a minister

‘This is a man who, as Brexit secretary, hadn’t realised the importance of the Dover-Calais crossing to British trade.’ Dominic Raab campaigns for Rishi Sunak’s leadership bid in July. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters

Your report (11 November) on the measures taken by the Ministry of Justice to protect staff from the behaviour of their returning boss, Dominic Raab, quotes a source as saying he “makes no apologies for having high standards”. Lest we forget, this is a man who, as Brexit secretary, hadn’t realised the importance of the Dover-Calais crossing to British trade – something that any key stage 3 pupil might be expected to know.
Dr Chris Howell
Newcastle upon Tyne

• High standards? Would those be the high standards Dominic Raab employed as foreign secretary while lying on a Greek beach during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021?
Sandra Middleton
Guildford, Surrey