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UK civil servants think risk is a gamble: Ex-MI5's Bickford

short by / on Thursday, 1 October, 2026
Former MI5 and MI6 Legal Director David Bickford said on the podcast that UK civil servants see risk as synonymous with gambling, like "putting money on a horse". In his past job, risk was analysed "every single minute of every single day", he said. "We need to understand that risk is good," Bickford added.
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