The “privatization” of British foreign policy
Justin Raimondo, October 19, 2011
The forced resignation of Britain’s defense minister, Liam Fox, has opened up a window into the way foreign policy in the “free world” is made – and a very revealing window it is.
At the center of the scandal that led to Fox’s ouster is his “best man,” and “very good friend” Adam Werritty, a 33-year-old man-about-town who went around handing out business cards informing recipients that the bearer was an “adviser” to Fox, although he held no such official title. In reality, however, Werritty was (and is) far closer to Fox than any of his official advisors: they met, apparently, when Werritty was a mere teenager in the Young Conservative organization, and have been virtually inseparable ever since. So inseparable that young Werrity met Fox at dozens of locations throughout the world, from Dubai to Israel, when the defense minister was on official business: they traveled together, as if they were a married couple (not that there’s anything wrong with that). The problem for the former defense minister is that the tab for Werrity’s high-flying lifestyle (luxury hotels, expensive meals, drinks all ‘round) was picked up by a group of businessmen, lobbyists, and others with a keen interest in influencing the MoD.
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