Reforming the Foreign Office

Changing the 'elitist' vibe might make a difference, but it isn't the main focus of the Fletcher, Malik and Sedwill report

If you read media descriptions of the recently released report The World in 2040: Renewing the UK’s Approach to International Affairs, you could reasonably conclude that its main message is about tackling a sense that the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is “elitist”. Foreign Office is ‘elitist and rooted in the past’ was the summary fr…