Brexit will cause loss of influence on scale of 1970s, says ex-MI6 chief

Brexit will cause loss of influence on scale of 1970s, says ex-MI6 chief Sir John Sawers tells MPs Britain will need to figure out how to rebuild its economy and international standing after leaving EU …More
Brexit will cause loss of influence on scale of 1970s, says ex-MI6 chief
Sir John Sawers tells MPs Britain will need to figure out how to rebuild its economy and international standing after leaving EU
Sir John Sawers said the UK would have to invest more heavily in diplomacy, defence and intelligence. Photograph: Elyse Marks/Edelman/PA
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Tue 19 Dec ‘17 15.27 GMTLast modified on Tue 19 Dec ‘17 17.26 GMT
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525 Brexit is set to cause a loss of UK influence on a par with the 1970s, requiring a national assessment of how the UK’s future standing can be recovered once Brexitis complete, Sir John Sawers, the former head of MI6, has warned. Speaking to the foreign affairs select committee, Sawers said: “We can see the trend of the coming years and we do not want to go through a repeat of the 1970s where the UK went progressively downhill compared to our national partners. We will need to turn it around. I am not sure how we are …More
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