Lindy Cameron, Britain’s high commissioner to India, has been appointed the new Permanent Secretary of the FCDO. Filling the vacancy left by Olly Robbins in the wake of the Starmer-Mandelson debacle…
According to the FT, she beat two other shortlisted candidates: Dame Karen Pierce, Britain’s former UK ambassador to the US, and Dame Barbara Woodward, the deputy national security adviser. Ed Miliband is pleased:
“Lindy brings enormous experience across the fields of diplomacy, development and national security, and a reputation for dynamic leadership in postings across the world, most recently as high commissioner in India.”
She has previously been hawkish on China, warning of their “hostile activity in cyberspace” back in 2021. Will that last under a Labour government intent on a ‘reset’ with Beijing?
Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked John Healey: “Just finally, I mean Andy Burnham has been very clear he wants Britain back in the European Union in his lifetime. Do you?”
The Chancellor replied: “I’m older than Andy Burnham. I don’t expect to see that.”