Dominic Raab is playing a “vital” role as the new justice secretary, Downing Street said on Thursday, following Raab’s demotion from his previous job as foreign secretary. In a cabinet reshuffle that started on Wednesday, Raab was the only minister who was replaced from the government’s four Great Offices of State. Asked about the change on Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s official spokesman said Raab’s new job in the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) is “a vital position for him.” “It is true that dealing with criminal justice is one of the key functions of government and that’s why the prime minister has sought to move Dominic Raab into this position, given his background and expertise in this area,” he told reporters. It has been speculated that the former foreign secretary was demoted for taking a holiday in the Greek island of Crete while the Taliban was advancing in Afghanistan, and not …