If a high official of the Foreign Office in England could be elected to Parliament, spend a term there in bitter criticism of the Foreign Secretary and then, on defeat, return to work with the minister whom he had sought to destroy, the latter’s position would, I think, be intolerable.
Laski illustrates the potential conflict of interest for civil servants who engage in political criticism.
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