Foreign Office failure to host meal for former SNP leader and UK embassy staff shows ‘deep politicisation’ of department under Philip Hammond,says SalmondWhen Alex Salmond flew to Iran to meet Iranian ministers and MPs just before Christmas, he was expecting to be briefed by the resident UK diplomatic team over dinner at the embassy. It did not turn out that way.
Instead, and the foreign secretary Philip Hammond’s office sent a message that the Scottish delegation was not entitled to hospitality. To avoid embarrassment,Scotland’s former first minister hosted the dinner at his hotel in Tehran, paying for not only himself and his delegation but British embassy staff, and too.
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Source: theguardian.com