One of the main stories on BBC news this evening was about whether Dominick Raab is a bully. If you ask me, you might as well ask whether a chimpanzee is an ape, or a chicken is a bird. Raab is a Tory, and that goes hand in hand with being a bully. That’s what Tories are: their entire worldview boils down to a form of selfishness and arrogance; they think their beliefs, views and needs should always have priority, and that they have the right to intimidate others if that authority is not respected. As free marketeers, they hold that the wealthy, privileged ‘elite’ should be free to manipulate, dominate and control those they see as ‘lesser’ or less important than they are, so that the stratification of society – which just happens to benefit them – is conserved. In other words, bullying is at the heart of the Tory mentally, just as flour is a key component of bread. Thus if you want to ask whether Dominick Raab is a bully you might as well ask whether the pope is catholic or Donald Trump is an egotistical charlatan: they go hand in hand.