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Foreign Office struggles to mind its Mandarin

4 February 2025

2:58 AM

4 February 2025

2:58 AM

The Foreign Office was once described as a ‘palace of dreams’, yet these days it seems increasingly like a graveyard full of nightmares. Just weeks after the Gaza ceasefire, the outbreak of a tariff war in America is just another fresh headache for the Sir Humphreys of Whitehall. Yet with Trump returning to the White House, our elected Labour overlords have decided that now is the perfect time to reset Britain’s relations with both Europe and China.

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