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Annie Macron

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
204 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

You have to hold power to account.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

So that was quite the antithesis of any sort of government connection.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

Quite, yes.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

I wanted to be a diplomat.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

Jaw-jaw rather than war-war is always the best approach to quote, I think, Winston Churchill.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

And this is something that I found very fascinating.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

So I applied to the Foreign Office in the UK and then had a weird anonymous letter from the Ministry of Defence saying there may be other jobs you'd find more interesting.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

If you are interested, ring this number.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

And that was it.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

That's all it said.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

I opened it.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

I was back at home, actually, with my pa.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

I opened it.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

And since I saw it instinctively, I said, oh, fuck, it's MI5.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

This is the ladylike education I had, right?

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

Rather, because he was a journalist and because he was a spy novel fan, he just said, please ring this number and see if it is MI5.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

So it's all my past fault.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

That's how I ended up in MI5.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

No, they just said, oh, it's good to hear from you.