No, the Foreign Office is not too 'rooted in the past'
A new report from top foreign-policy mandarins reveals the idiocy of modern officialdom.
Source: spiked-online.com
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Call for a renewed vision of UK's role in the world
A new report calls for the government to create a Department for International Affairs or Global Affairs UK, with a focus on multilateralism.
Source: ekklesia.co.uk
Russia-Ukraine war – live: US warns of 'dangerous game' at nuclear plant as France breaks off Kremlin contact
Russia Ukraine news: Relations between Russia and Nato have slid to the level of direct confrontation, the Kremlin’s spokesman has claimed.
Source: independent.co.uk
DANIEL HANNAN: The woke war on the Foreign Office forgets Britain is still a force for good. If anything, the world owes US a debt for the achievements of Empire…
Some senior retired mandarins have produced a report, The World in 2040, in which they think Britain should be humbler, readier to pool our sovereignty and less hung up on our past.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Rebrand 'elitist' FCDO, urge former top diplomats
Report by Mark Sedwill and fellow ex-diplomats argues the case for a Department for International Affairs
Source: civilserviceworld.com
Foreign Office urged to modernise (and ditch the colonial art)
Senior diplomats call for Britain to take a new approach to international affairs
Source: thetimes.co.uk
Government needs to explain legal advice on arms sales - Lord Mark Sedwill
Former Cabinet Secretary Lord Mark Sedwill was speaking on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Government needs to explain legal advice on arms sales
Former Cabinet Secretary Lord Mark Sedwill was speaking on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.
United Kingdom Laura Kuenssberg Mark Sedwill Cabinet Secretary Lord Mark Sedwill United Kingdom Israel
Source: bbc.com
Advice on UK arms sales to Israel has not changed, says Dowden
Oliver Dowden says Israel's war is "legitimate", but the UK has specific concerns about the country's conduct.
Source: bbc.co.uk
British military 'only second-class' say ex-army chiefs in WW3 spending warning
Experts have warned that the UK needs to spend a greater percentage of GDP on defence and develop a New Model Army.
Source: express.co.uk