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Is there some pun here that I'm missing? :D
Reference to the Khmer Rouge https://redditblog.com/2015/10/14/cambodia-khmer-rouge-murde...
Thank you. Very clever. I'm stealing it.
UK government bars foreign academics from advising on Brexit
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Re: UK government bars foreign academics from advising on Brexit
#22Well if anyones being honest this is quite drastic (for example, even a dual citizen cannot participate), but one has to remember that the information these politicians needs to get has to be impartial and have no influence. While I know this is a terrible example because it's not a war, in a time of war would you hire people from the people you're fighting with/negotiating with to give you information? I've seen ton…
Did you read the article? It has nothing to do with trying to get unbiased information. They've classified some of the negotiation information, i.e. they think a Danish national is more likely to leak sensitive information to the Danish government than a British national is. Given the strength of feeling across the EU on these topics, I can't completely blame them.
This is my point. I'm pointing it out that its a conflict of interest and entirely justified. Many people do not think so - if you read the other comments in this thread you get an idea.
I'd also advise you to take a look at the community guidelines on making comments on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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Re: UK government bars foreign academics from advising on Brexit
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> If you're British you're likely to have a bias but less so. Explain to me again why if you're British you're less likely to have a bias? > A British citizen-only would not have a conflict of interest as such. Ah, so it's not that British citizens don't have a bias, it's that they have a bias in the direction that interests you. Very different.
>Explain to me again why if you're British you're less likely to have a bias? You won't fear being deported. >Ah, so it's not that British citizens don't have a bias, it's that they have a bias in the direction that interests you. Very different. Not so black and white.A lot of British want the EU, but not for economics, that's far too drab and requires genuine research and care. We want easy access to foreign lands…
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