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@Rik_Van_Looy
Re: timing of FCO/DfID merger
I'd just assumed they're doubling-down on their defensive reactions against Empire-shame....
DfID is about as close as we get to reparations to those the Empire shafted for 1oo+ years.
Bearing in mind the PMs opinion that the main thing wrong with Africa is that we're not still running it, I'm guessing his fragile sense of self is taken a kicking and he's reasserting his belief in a perfect past rather than facing an uncertain future...
(in all honesty, that's probably more a reflection of my world view than his, but it was my instant response to the news this afternoon)