Interesting I wasn't aware of that distinction. However, presumably in reality Foreign Secretaries do get access to the most important sensitive intelligence as otherwise how can they do their j… (View Post)

Lets say a future PM decides to make Boris Johnson Foreign Secretary? Is that to be allowed or not without vetting? And if it is to be allowed why can they not appoint them to the lower position of U… (View Post)

I see no one is willing to address the question of why a PM can appoint a Foreign Secretary without vetting, but shouldn't be able to appoint a US Ambassador without vetting. (View Post)

Ultimately in a democracy there needs to be political appointments based on the judgment of elected officials and there is a tension between that and vetting. (Nearly) everyone in this debate is igno… (View Post)

Both are lying because the truth doesn't suit. The whole vetting thing was a charade. In future either ban political appointees or exempt them from vetting. (View Post)