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Former British diplomat, and National Security Adviser - Lord Ricketts

Former British diplomat, and National Security Adviser - Lord Ricketts

The Interview vor 7 Jahren

Is Brexit Britain's most serious peace time crisis since World War Two?

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As the political debate over Brexit grows ever more polarised in
the UK exposing deep fractures within the political parties,
questions are also being asked about the how the machinery of
government is working. Lord Ricketts, a former top diplomat, and
national security adviser has very publicly condemned the current
government’s handling of Brexit negotiations describing them as a
fiasco and expressing the fear that Brexit will leave Britain
permanently and significantly weakened. This public airing of
views has created the impression that the supposedly apolitical
civil service, particularly the foreign office, is
institutionally and temperamentally opposed to Brexit – a policy
which was of course approved by a national referendum in 2016.
Does this represent a real problem in Britain’s democracy and in
the relationship between the people and the government?