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Coffee House Shots: why we left the Foreign Office | Ben Judah & Ameer Kotecha
Mar 08, 2026
· 35m
<p>Does Britain still have a coherent foreign policy? James Heale and Tim Shipman are joined by Ben Judah, former special adviser to David Lammy, and Ameer Kotecha, who recently resigned from the Foreign Office.</p><p>Together they discuss why Britain’s diplomatic establishment is under growing criticism – from accusations that the department has become bloated and distracted by DEI, to Chagos and deeper concerns that Whitehall no longer has the expertise or strategic clarity needed in an increasingly unstable world.</p><p>With wars raging …
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