servants

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has told civil servants he values them speaking "truth to power", in a letter that acknowledges an "unsettling" period for the civil service.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Hyungjin Son and Vinicius Costa filled out the cast as Falstaff’s bumpkinly servants.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Civil servants, diplomats and journalists were also targeted.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

And of course cabinet ministers will fret about this - they deal daily with their permanent secretary and senior civil servants and rely on them to deliver their agenda.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Martha Washington feared that some of the enslaved servants, knowing that her death would bring their freedom, might do something to speed up the process.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis