The foreign secretary was trying to catch up, unsure whether it would be better to have been in on the plan, or have deniability
The situation was, said the foreign secretary, “fast-moving”. Fast-moving as in totally suboptimal. Fast-moving as in completely out of his control. Fast-moving as in he would rather have pulled the duvet over his head and pretended the whole thing had been a bad dream. That he could go back to sleep for a while and wake up to the world as it was.
Maybe we all wish we could do that. These are the days that many of us would rather had never happened. Does the world feel any safer to you today?
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