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ITV (pol ed), Speakers for Schools (founder), writer (WTF), Hospice UK (vice pres), Arsenal (East Stand), Peston (as in #Peston show, 10.45pm Weds). So?

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    Robert Peston‏Verified account @Peston 31 Oct 2018

    So you are a super-bright 22 year old with a great degree and you are weighing up job offers from Goldman and Google which immediately pay you 15 times the starting pay at the Foreign Office and over 20 years will pay you 100 times what can be earned in public service. And...

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      2. Robert Peston‏Verified account @Peston 31 Oct 2018

        ...you have just heard @Jeremy_Hunt announce he wants business leaders to be our ambassadors. So if you fancy being our person in Washington, Beijing or Paris, where is the rational place for you to start your career - Whitehall where you will struggle to own a home in London..

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      3. Robert Peston‏Verified account @Peston 31 Oct 2018

        ...till you are 40 or tech/finance/oil where you may earn enough to retire at 45? It has been hard enough over the past 30 years recruiting the brightest and best to a life of public service, given the huge rewards available in the private sector. And the foreign secretary’s...

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      4. Robert Peston‏Verified account @Peston 31 Oct 2018

        ...plan to bring in putative commercial skills right at the top won’t make it any easier.

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      2. Stephen Wigmore‏ @stephen_wigmore 31 Oct 2018

        Yeah, complete gibberish.

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      1. Stephanie Mensah‏ @BANANAS1968 31 Oct 2018
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        With only ONE DEGREE? AS IF #ThereWillBeJam2morrow

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      1. dave saul‏ @dave_saul1 31 Oct 2018
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        It's a Trumpian idea.

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      1. RienvK EU citizen in France #FBPE FBPPR‏ @rien 31 Oct 2018
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        Well. We all know the f... Foreign Secretary is an idiot!

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      1. Shash‏ @ShashD 31 Oct 2018
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        You have to ask yourself in the cold light of day: will you last 20 years at GS or G? Unlikely for most.

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      2. Jim Wright‏ @jdgwright 31 Oct 2018
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        What are you talking about? The starting salary at the foreign office would be maybe £20-25k. I don’t know where you’ve got the idea that Goldman or Google is paying £300k starting salaries???!

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