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@PeterWestmacott

Former British Ambassador to Turkey, France and USA, then Fellow at Harvard's . Now on various boards but still a committed internationalist.

Joined February 2013
Born December 23
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  1. Jan 7

    So pleased to see talent , strongly represented amongst Rhodes scholars including & Bruce Reed picked by .

    Rhode Island may be small, but our economy is mighty on the strength of our small businesses and innovative technologies. As Secretary of Commerce, I will harness that same American ingenuity to create good-paying union jobs and build our economy back better than ever before.
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  2. Jan 6

    Outstanding report from , laying bare the damage which is doing to American democracy in his last desperate days in office.

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    Watch 's report from inside the Capitol building as the extraordinary events unfolded in Washington DC
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  3. Jan 3

    . which is why, , so many of America’s friends abroad conditioned to see the US as the leader of the free world are so alarmed.

    I’ve witnessed leaders lie, cheat and threaten to steal elections from Russia to Iran to Zimbabwe. I did not expect to see an American leader attempt to do the same and with so many lawmakers - elected in that very same election, no less - willing to play along.
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  4. 29 Dec 2020

    . Yes. Won’t forget being interrupted/shouted down by Brexiteers on & elsewhere before referendum for “only wanting to talk about the economics”. Wasn’t true, but was from the playbook.

    Excellent and depressing Brexit assessment from
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  5. 29 Dec 2020

    Well done both govts for getting this done fast - discontinuity would’ve been v damaging to growing commercial links. So much else for new partnership to work on - Syria, refugees, Cyprus, , Iran, economic policy, reform programme. .

    Turkey and the UK have reached agreement on a free trade deal after last week’s UK-EU deal. Big relief for Turkish exporters, for whom a no deal Brexit (and the knock-on effects for Turkey) would have been v bad news. Full story w/ ⁦⁩
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    26 Dec 2020

    Devastating news: David Barchard, one of the leading scholars on Turkey, who loved Turkey more than anything, and who introduced me to journalism, passed away at his cottage in Yorkshire this evening. He was a brilliant writer and a loyal friend. Gutted.

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    24 Dec 2020

    So says that the deal he has negotiation will "if anything" allow UK businesses to do "even more" trade with the European Union. I think fair to say that is an optimistic view of where industry sees it.

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    22 Dec 2020

    This by Blair on the urgent need for a much faster programme of vaccination is worth a few minutes of your time

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    22 Dec 2020

    The ECHR has ordered Turkey to release Selahattin Demirtaş, the country’s best-known Kurdish politician, in a scathing ruling that concluded his four years behind bars “had merely been cover for an ulterior political purpose”.

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    21 Dec 2020

    It’s pretty clear now that Johnson egged up the transmissibility of the new strain of the virus so much (to justify belated cancelling Christmas) that he ended up spooking EUropean neighbours. Classic case of not connecting message and audience(s)

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    20 Dec 2020

    a risk that whatever residual trust there may be in the free trade talks will be destroyed on both sides by this debacle. This all feels very grave

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    16 Dec 2020

    The first analysis of all 1,200+ published UK government Covid contracts by found: • £3.7bn to politically connected firms • £4.5bn to firms with no prior experience • £4bn to firms with a history of controversies by me

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    7 Dec 2020

    talking complete common sense regarding and on just now. Another adult not in the room when it really matters.

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  14. 5 Dec 2020

    via ⁦⁩. ⁦⁩ giving erratic English monarchs a bad name in this superb but disturbing account of the dying days of the Trump presidency.

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  15. 3 Dec 2020

    A great achievement Nat & team. Glad to be part of the adventure.

    Great news that Volex () has made it into the FTSE AIM-50 Index of the largest companies on AIM joining the likes of Fever Tree and Asos in this prestigious index. All down to the hard work and efforts of our 7,000 colleagues around the globe.
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  16. 2 Dec 2020

    . It is admirable that the MHRA has moved so quickly to approve the Pfizer vaccine but the achievement does not need embellishing with lies.

    We could only approve this vaccine so quickly because we have left the EU. Last month we changed the regulations so a vaccine did not need EU approval which is slower.
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    2 Dec 2020

    German ambassador wonders why boasts that a German/US vaccine represents the "UK leading the charge" against Covid19. He argues this is not a moment for nationalist sentiment, and doesn't bother to challenge the questionable assertion this is a UK achievement.

    Why is it so difficult to recognize this important step forward as a great international effort and success. I really don't think this is a national story. In spite of the German company BioNTech having made a crucial contribution this is European and transatlantic.
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  18. 29 Nov 2020

    Brilliant as ever from . Part 14 nails it : the EU’s gravitational pull against the UK’s notion of sovereignty.

    Right. What a week in . First talk of Barnier pulling the plug; and today a big flap over fish. So where are we as M. Barnier boards the Eurostar for London? Well, you guessed it - still stuck on the fundamentals. Why? Well, here's what I know. 1/Thread
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  19. 25 Nov 2020

    . Despite their own people being held hostage like Kylie, many govts stood up to Trump as he sought to destroy JCPOA. As Iran seeks to show it deserves a fresh start with , & other innocents should also be freed.

    But let’s be clear: This should never have happened. Kylie was held to ransom by the Iranian regime, which saw fit to take an innocent Australian woman hostage in order to bring its own convicted prisoners abroad home. It’s a despicable business model with huge human consequences
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    25 Nov 2020

    There is never honour in the murder of women. When will we realize that our honour is judged on our own behavior and not on the behavior or lifestyle of someone else’s?

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