THREAD: Former Polish Foreign Minister & Oxford-educated Anglophile @sikorskiradek published a book on his time in government and there are some tasty bits about UK's EU policy, Global Britain theories, Brexit, EU-USSR comparisons and his dealings with British ministers.

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Sikorski recalls that an unnamed UK's Europe Minister was the only minister in his seven years in office who attempted forcing Poland to make a specific decision by threatening to block its efforts elsewhere - but he failed and never followed up on the threat

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Sikorski also describes a pre-accession meeting with a senior UK politician who later was a minister in Cameron government who excitedly told him that 'together we
(Poland and the UK) can destroy the Brussels empire'.

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He ironically notes that Poland and the UK teamed up once before - in the 30s - and Poland (in a free translation) 'didn't end up particularly well' - a reference to perceived lack of sufficient UK support after invasion on Poland in Sept 1939

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Sikorski adds that Brits 'generally know little about Poland' & 'Polish history is completely absent from UK history books'

'We got to be cautious when they praise us, because it means they either want to use us or play to stereotypes that are not necessarily flattering'

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