Scotwork Blog Sir Ivan Rogers - The Power of Disruptive Behaviour

Like the conference speaker who has the misfortune to be given the slot immediately after a brilliant raconteur, 2017 is unlikely to be a 'wow' year, following on as it does from a humdinger 2016. Unlikely, but not impossible, and it certainly got off to a great start with the unexpected resignation of the UK's Permanent Representative to the EU Sir Ivan Rogers, an event which would probably have been called PRexit if it wasn't so easy to mishear. Not only did he surprise everyone with his impeccable timing - the first Brexit bombshell of the year - but in his swan song note to colleagues he laid into the Government for its appalling state of Brexit preparation...>