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MORE TRUTH TO POWER

Now it is in the British press too. A new cliché like 'at the end of the day'.

"Sir Richard believes in speaking truth unto power with a directness all too rare in the upper ranks of Whitehall these days."

I like the Brit-twang on it.

For the full article go to

Forthright civil servant to be PM's security adviser

If you want to know how forthright he is, go to the seventh para.

Thanks to Kevin Drum the Political Animal.