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Supporters in parliament Seeking a credible plan to salvage Britain's stricken international position. Tugendhat revealed the most eye-catching details of that plan to The Atlantic For the first time in the corner of a Pizza Express restaurant right on Johnson, who has emerged as May's key rival, was trying to fatally wound up with a speech in the main hall. With the Conservative Party conference showcasing a fragile government, Tugendhat could quickly ascend to the cabinet should have suddenly made a serious proposal. Were it to be implemented, it would be a serious shake-up in English.
Tugendhat is a trainer Remainer who now supports "some variant" of May's plan for Brexit -which is essentially limited to the U.K. But he laments that Britain "lacks the foreign-policy tools to make the European Union a success." So he advocates a dramatic centralization of power in the hands of a foreign-affairs "super ministry." And he calls for Prince Harry to be installed as ambassador to Washington, DC, to "cut through" American politics for what may be a desperately needed trade deal.
"This is the redesign we need to make global Britain work," he told me.
Since it was elected in 2015, the ambitious MP in the London belt has risen dramatically in parliament. He has evoked comparisons to David Cameron, who was elected leader after a few years in parliament. Formerly Remain Tories portray him as a standard bearer. "He is seen as having leadership potential," said Dominic Grieve, a Conservative MP who has made calls for a Brexit deal. Tugendhat and Grieve were two of 15 MPs branded "Brexit mutineers" by the ardently anti-European newspaper The Telegraph.
House of Commons, Tugendhat the United Kingdom, United Kingdom, United States of America "Tom is definitely one of the most influential political figures on foreign affairs," said Mike Gapes, an opposition Labor MP from the committee.
Conservatives who see Cameron's government at Tugendhat as a potential liberal reviver. Daniel Korski, a special adviser to Cameron, describes Tugendhat as the "leading light" of a "new generation of British soldier-politicians" promoted by his boss before Cameron's abrupt ejection from office in 2016. "If they play their cards right , "Korski said," they could transform the fortunes of a crisis-stricken and Brexit-obsessed Tory front bench in the not-too-distant future. "
Meanwhile, betting markets in the U.K. give him 25-to-1 odds to succeed May be the next permanent Conservative leader. "For my generation of MPs, who see themselves as children of David Cameron and Ruth Davidson [the moderate leader of the Scottish Conservative Party]We see Tom as the majority of us, "said Paul Masterton, a Conservative MP and fellow so-called Brexit mutineer.
Tugendhat, however, also has fans among the Brexiteers. "He has the ability to bring together Remain and Brexit MPs together," said Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Conservative MP and Ardent Brexiteer.
The "super ministry" Tugendhat wants to bring all the foreign affairs of the United Kingdom under the purview of the foreign secretary-including the Department for International Trade, the Department for International Development, the Department for Exiting the European Union, and the Ministry of Defense. This vision is praised by Brexiteer MPs such as Trevelyan.
Tugendhat said this is not just about rearranging Britain's bureaucracy. The existing civil servants and government machinery would stay put. "Simply what is the strategic direction of all Britain's activities are held by a single department," he said. "So when your ministry-aid, trade, defense-acts, it goes through a single strategic authority."
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This would dramatically centralize power in the hands of the foreign secretary, turning into the supreme office of the diplomats, trade negotiators, aid projects, and soldiers. The role of Britain's foreign secretaries is today a shadow of their self, with aid, trade, and European affairs hived off to other ministries.
