By Jake Hurfurt For The Daily Mail and Jack Elsom For Mailonline
Published: 22:00 BST, 31 March 2019 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 31 March 2019
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Perhaps he was keen to burnish his credentials as a political heavyweight.
Dominic Raab appeared for a BBC interview with what appeared to be a carefully curated selection of books in the background, including the autobiography of Austrian bodybuilder-turned-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger and biographies of US Presidents Regan and Nixon.
The pile of books also contained a primer on economics from the Economist magazine, in what may have been an attempt to prove his ability to run Britain's economy.
Tory MP Dominic Raab appeared for a BBC interview with what appeared to be a carefully curated selection of books in the background
And it did not take long for people to take to social media to mock Mr Raab for trying to appear well-read with