As someone who has spent a considerable proportion of their career - both as a civil servant and in...
Author - Nick Busvine
Why Government is Failing
BfB’s Nick Busvine reflects on the growing public perception that government is failing and looks...
Is Civil Service Reform Overdue?
In this article, former Foreign Office official Nick Busvine re-visits the issue of civil service...
Was Brexit Right-Wing?
Brexit is frequently described in the mainstream media as right wing. But it is the Remainer...
Identity politics and impartiality are not compatible
The determination on the part of our senior mandarins to drive the woke agenda in their departments...
Black Lives Really Do Matter
The increasingly acrimonious debate about whether we should or should not adhere more closely to...
Variable Geometry: Global Britain’s Opportunity Post-Brexit
Former diplomat Nick Busvine argues that we are already seeing positive signs of a more coherent...
Perfidious Albion or Perfidious US? The Special Relationship and...
Former diplomat Nick Busvine takes a look at the Special Relationship in the light of recent...
The recent US Congressional letter to the PM on Northern Ireland...
In this piece, former diplomat Nick Busvine reminds us that Congressman Peter King – one of the...
Why is the civil service failing?
Former diplomat Nick Busvine looks at why the civil service and state funded institutions have been...
Are the Russians to Blame for Brexit?
Former diplomat Nick Busvine examines the ISC Russia report. He argues that it must be right to ask...
We Need to Up Our Game on Aid
The merger between the Foreign office and DfID is a sensible move. Whether it will actually make...
On the subject of Rule Breaking…
Dominic Cummings has been hounded for ‘breaking the rules’. But in the orchestrated campaign, and...
‘Rejoiners’ must not try to exploit the pandemic for their anti...
While it is entirely proper for opposition politicians, journalists and commentators to hold the...
Is the Irish Election Result ‘Bad for Brexit’?
Sinn Fein’s strong showing in the Republic of Ireland’s recent general election has prompted a...
What Price Democracy Now?
We are fast approaching what is probably the most important general election of our lifetimes...
Is the Civil Service Impartial?
Nick Busvine a former diplomat argues that the civil service has become more politicised over...
Why does the Establishment get it wrong?
How on earth have we managed to land ourselves in such a bind over Brexit?
What price democracy?
I have spent half a lifetime advocating our democratic system overseas, often in dangerous places...