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Originally Posted by nomadking
Then again how many others knew that Yugoslavia was non-aligned? I only know, because I was told some time ago that they had been looking to buy a UK made anti-air missile system, which would be pointed in Russia's direction.
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He’s not ‘many others’ - he’s the most senior diplomat in the U.K. in a country trying to get them "on side" to get a good trade deal.
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Originally Posted by nomadking
But that relies on the knowledge of the civil servants doing the briefing. My knowledge came from a one-off encounter with the company looking to supply the missile systems back in the 1980s.
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Then again, you’re not a career Foreign Office Civil Servant with decades of experience.
If a senior EU diplomat came over here and made a speech stating that we were a vassal of the EU, I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t be defending them...