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 Trending In The News 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.