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Mind your language

Do civil servants need to be 'robust' or 'resilient'?

28 November 2020

9:00 AM

28 November 2020

9:00 AM

‘Why do they keep saying they need Brazilians?’ asked my husband, coming up for air from a hazy mixture of Radio 4 and whisky. ‘No, darling,’ I tried to explain, ‘not Brazilians. Resilience.’

They had been talking about civil servants sworn at by politicians, or at least being in the same room as swearing.

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