
American Diplomats Learn Nil By South
MOVE the American embassy south of the river? There by dragons down there. Says Andrew Gilligan in the Evening Standard:
The US Embassy’s planned move to a high-security site at Nine Elms will have important consequences. Without chi-chi restaurants for entertaining contacts nearby, the diplomats’ expense bills will collapse.
The credit lunch in Peckham’s leading McDonald’s eatery. Home from home. Is that gun fire?
And that is not a wholly frivolous point. One of the main purposes of diplomacy is to mix with the people and live the life of the country you’re in. Now America’s legendary incomprehension of foreigners can only grow.
Their man in Brixton. He’s the one with the Dyson…
Posted: 8th, October 2008 | In: Politicians, Tabloids | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
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October 8th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
WEll, it’s good to see that the diplomats will be tightening their belts ready to go through these grim days, side by side with their hosts, in the queue for Macdonalds…