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Perverts, weirdos and by-elections

The News Agents

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The Importance of Quietness in Foreign Affairs

After the release of Nazanine Reklev, we were told to keep quiet. That was always the message that came out. Don't make a fuss. Don't kick up a fuss. Just play the long game and play it quietly. So what we actually found was that staying quiet before someone's charge can actually be quite a good thing because essentially you remove the embarrassment of the foreign government. From that point on, we as a foreign affairs committee want to see the foreign office being as loud as possible. We want them shouting from the rooftops. But yes, now is not even rich, but absolutely right. When you say shouting loudly, we remember the one occasion where the

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