Brutal Honesty from Departing British Diplomats and Ambassadors

This is a shot of refreshing, uproarious honesty. I don't care at all that the comments are -- er -- undiplomatic. The British diplomats, at least, don't spare anybody from anywhere, including their own office. Check this out:

Sir David Gore-Booth, leaving India in 1998, wrote: "One of the great failures of the diplomatic service has been its inability to cast off its image as bowler-hatted, pin-striped and chinless, with a fondness for champagne."

Hilarious!