Quote: That's another thing, I have been watching the BBC doc about the foreign office and got the distinct that all the civil servants - permanent secretaries - ambassadors, all want to stay in the EU and therefore maintain the status quo keeping themselves in a cushy little job with nice pensions. All out of the direct gaze of the public.Politicians however need to have one eye on what the voters think
I've been watching it too. Another way of looking at it is that ministers come and go (especially with this lot), and don't care what mess they leave. Just look at Boris. And of course they've got their private sector interests to keep them cosy. Civil Servants want continuity and stability, because they will have to clear the mess up.
BTW MPs get better pensions than Civil Servants, and dear Nigel Farage will be getting a better pension than both.