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| + | Sir [[Ivor Roberts]], former [[UK Ambassador to Italy]], noted in 2004 that [[George W Bush]] was "[[al-Qa'ida]]'s best recruiting sergeant". In 2007, he gave a valedictory telegram which was "curtly dismissive"<ref name="independent">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/former-envoy-makes-devastating-attack-on-blairs-bullshit-bingo-management-culture-of-diplomacy-446358.html</ref> of the "war on terror". The response from the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] was to ignore the substance of his telegram but ban the century-old practice of valedictory telegrams from British envoys. | ||
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Revision as of 17:21, 31 March 2017
Sir Ivor Roberts, former UK Ambassador to Italy, noted in 2004 that George W Bush was "al-Qa'ida's best recruiting sergeant". In 2007, he gave a valedictory telegram which was "curtly dismissive"[1] of the "war on terror". The response from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was to ignore the substance of his telegram but ban the century-old practice of valedictory telegrams from British envoys.
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