The Russian government’s disagreement with London over the British Council and its status intensifies. Points worth bearing in mind include: most if not all governments including the Russians ‘sell’ (or at least levy an administrative charge for) certain things through their Embassies abroad as part of normal diplomatic business (see eg […]
Lying is an interesting phenomenon in politics and diplomacy. Oscar Wilde had various thoughts on the subject of Lying from a high aesthetic point of view. I can not recall encountering an example of outright lying in my time in the civil service. British people including bureaucrats use all sorts of […]
Diplomats and the media like to talk a lot about Stability. Stability is good, instability is not. They maybe have a point. Not much good usually comes out of heavy political instability. Unless it is the overthrow of a bad regime or dictator, in which case it is not instability […]
