Interview with organiser of "private" UK repatriation flight - UK embassy response has been "pitiful" -

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Try to deflect criticisms about not helping UK nationals,justify actions (and lack of)
Mention irrelevant things that might impress (mine clearance)
Sound sympathetic about Cambodia's problems.
End on a positive, uplifting note.
Job done.
Memo to staffers - try to find a better photo next time.
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Tina Redshaw wrote:UK citizen Jerry Lewis through his contacts in the airline, we were making direct contact to the Cambodian Airport Authority and the airlines Head Office in Kuala Lumpur
Robert Greene wrote:Law 7: Get others to do the Work for you, but Always Take the Credit

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In isolation, the British ambassador's predictable excuses might work on gullible or unsuspecting people. But you only need to compare the UK's response to that of other countries who did a far better job assisting their citizens - despite being faced with the same underlying problems.
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Alex wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 8:00 am In isolation, the British ambassador's predictable excuses might work on gullible or unsuspecting people. But you only need to compare the UK's response to that of other countries who did a far better job assisting their citizens - despite being faced with the same underlying problems.
Precisely, and this extends to the embassy's entire approach to their work. In comparison to embassies of other nations here, the British embassy is clearly either apathetic or incompetent. In saying this was the best they could do, it seems they are going with incompetence rather than apathy, but I suspect it was a combination of the two based on my own experiences with them.

As for mine clearing; Margret Thatcher sent the SAS to train Khmer Rouge allies in bomb making and guerrilla warfare tactics. If you piss on the floor it's your job to clean it up, you don't get any special credit for doing it.
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