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The Times of India
The Times of India
World
Naomi Canton

PIO diplomat criticises UK foreign office for being woke, quits

LONDON: An Indian-origin senior British diplomat has quit the UK foreign office, criticising it for being woke, stuffed with paper-pushers and underperformers and putting the "worship of international law" above national security.

In a column in the UK Times titled 'Foreign Office fails to put Britain first', Ameer Kotecha wrote: "Our impotence on Iran and craven surrender over Chagos happen when the long-term national interest is sacrificed to unquestioning worship of international law, the demands of noisy activist groups, or the appeasing of sectarian voting blocs."

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