Diplomat focused on the Indian Ocean & Maldives. Surf when I can, read when I can’t. Lifelong @thegillsfc fan.
London, England
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A privilege to represent the UK at the Raisina Forum for Future of Diplomacy 2026 and to have the opportunity to put a question to @DrSJaishankar
Delighted to interact with the young diplomats participating in the Raisina Forum for Future of Diplomacy 2026.
Discussed among other things :
➡️ 🇮🇳’s growing global footprint characterised by our growing trade, development and HADR partnerships.
➡️ The rise of a global workforce and greater mobility of skilled professionals. And the growing responsibilities for ensuring diaspora welfare, including of seafarers.
➡️ The imperative of strategic autonomy for countries to deal with the contemporary global landscape.
➡️ The emerging nature of India - Africa partnership characterised by greater technology, capabilities and experiential transfer.
➡️ India’s initiatives toward promoting peace, though peacekeeping and its advocacy for dialogue & diplomacy.
➡️ Challenges of conducting foreign policy in the social media era.
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Recent reports of the Maldives Police Service raid on Adhadhu are troubling. The UK has consistently raised concerns about media freedom. The raid sits uneasily with Maldives’ commitment to Commonwealth standards. Free and independent media are essential to healthy democracy.
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🌊 At the Indian Ocean Conference in 🇲🇺, discussions focused on regional security, economic resilience and shared challenges. 🇲🇺 is a key regional partner and the 🇬🇧 is proud to work closely with stakeholders across the Indian Ocean to support stability and prosperity 🌍👏
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Noting the adoption of the Maldives Media and Broadcasting Bill, Canada reaffirms the critical importance of media freedom and the need to uphold the shared values of the Commonwealth Charter. #MediaFreedom ow.ly/4u0x50X07nV
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At @samoachogm2024, the leaders of the Commonwealth - including the 🇬🇧 and 🇲🇻 - reaffirmed the vital role of free, independent, and responsible media in democracy. We urge all partners to honour and uphold the commitments we made together.
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Child abuse is all too familiar in mental health. To those working with children & families or seeing its long term impact on mental health through self-harm or depression or eating disorders.
So it’s no bad thing if as a society we want to get angry about it.
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You can be proud of doing a grand job in China through the toughest of times, Ed. Wishing you the very best of luck for the future
Taken some time off from work over the last few months to focus on my writing so really pleased that some of my poems have made the longlist.
Everyone who sent us poems for issue 20 has now received a longlist update. If you've got a query, please send us a message via your Submittable inbox.
Good luck!
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Media freedom and freedom to protest must be respected. No country is exempt.
The arrest of BBC journalist @EP_Lawrence in China is deeply disturbing.
Journalists must be able to do their job without intimidation.
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What is a good day, but the share of a smile … and seeing a great friend of Ukraine @BWoodward_UN and the team of @UKUN_NewYork @JamesCleverly – at Manhattan, NY
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'A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.'
—Humanists UK patron and novelist Salman Rushdie on freedom of expression
Precious family time reuniting with my ‘little’ brother who I have not seen since 2019 and meeting my two nieces for the first time. Damn you Covid!
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Today I leave this fascinating country. It has been a privilege to be part of such an awesome @ukinchina team and to work alongside the most resilient and talented journalists. Time to experience life on the other side again. – at Beijing, People's Republic of China
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🇬🇧 PM Boris Johnson: “We will do all we can to hold China to its commitments” regarding Hong Kong
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“We continue to challenge China for breaching the legally-binding commitments it signed up to under the Joint Declaration”: Twenty-fifth anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong: Foreign Secretary's statement - GOV.UK gov.uk/government/news/forei…