Carne Ross
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"Carne Ross" is the founder and director of Independent Diplomat, a diplomatic advisory group. Born in 1966, Ross has a fraternal twin, Oliver Ross, a paediatric anaesthetist in UK. Carne Ross taught in Zimbabwe before attending the University of Exeter where he studied economics and politics. He joined the British foreign service in 1989. Ross's testimony in the Butler Review directly contradicted the British position on the justification behind the invasion of Iraq.

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An awful lot of countries were making an awful lot of money while people were suffering in Iraq. These countries should be ashamed of themselves.

What was striking was that when he became prime minister, he seemed to grow into the role immediately.