Ambassador’s softer look

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Series Details 10/04/97, Volume 3, Number 14
Publication Date 10/04/1997
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Date: 10/04/1997

Sighs of relief all round in Brussels that the UK's ambassador to the EU Sir Stephen Wall has abandoned his rather menacing hairstyle, a sort of tough-guy crew cut with long sideburns.

The crop emerged late last year, triggering speculation that it was a work-related move in line with the UK government's increasingly aggressive stance in the Intergovernmental Conference.

Now it has grown out a bit. Could it be that the softer look is in anticipation of a softer approach to Europe by an incoming (possibly) Labour administration?

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