Civil servants and Brexit: experts going unheeded when needed most?

After the resignation of Ivan Rogers, there is a growing fear in Whitehall that ministers no longer want to hear bad newsCompared with their American counterparts, British civil servants have, in theory, somewhat less to fear from recent political upheaval. While more than 4,000 new political appointees will parachute in to run federal departments, agencies and embassies after Donald Trump is sworn in, most of those required to navigate Britain’s equally momentous departure from the EU rem