"When I was at the Treasury I argued for the most open door possible to immigration ... I think it's my job to maximise global welfare not national welfare."
— Gus O'Donnell

January 1, 1970

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Civil servants from the United Kingdom
Original Language: English

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2011. Quoted in Goodhart, David: "The Road to Somewhere: The Populist Revolt and the Future of Politics" (2017)