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David Lammy is facing possible legal action over a plan to invite staff from the oil firm Shell and the defence firm BAE Systems to work inside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
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The scheme, which was first mooted by Lammy in March, is supposed to embed FCDO staff in firms to gain commercial experience while inviting private-sector staff to take placements in government.
How the fuck can they not see this would be a bigger advantage to the companies than it would ever be for the government.
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"Why wait until you leave office to openly work for us? Now you can do it straight away!"