David Lammy’s plan to shake up Britain’s Foreign Office
Diplomats will be tasked with growing the economy and cutting migration
FOR EUROCRATS, Sir Olly Robbins seemed like a relic of an age before Brexit sent the British establishment loopy. Theresa May’s chief negotiator was self-assured, fiercely intelligent and several steps ahead of the politicians, writes Michel Barnier, his EU counterpart. He sends sweet text messages and invitations to dinner. And few British officials, Mr Barnier gushes, “boast such a deep understanding of domestic security and intelligence issues”.
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Britain January 18th 2025
- Britain’s government has spooked markets and riled businesses
- David Lammy’s plan to shake up Britain’s Foreign Office
- Britain is becoming a well-mannered but deceitful society
- Homelessness in England has risen by 26% in the past five years
- A plan to reorganise local government in England runs into opposition
- Has the Royal Navy become too timid?
- Labour’s credibility trap
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