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Mutual"UK"and"Swiss"strengths"are"not"always"fully"appreciated."UK"and" Swiss"universities"make"up"the"top"ten"in"the"(QS)"World"University" rankings."Our"common"values"are"also"notable."The"British"are"proud"to" regard"Westminster"as"the"Mother"of"Parliaments,"but"in"fact"the" Landsgemeinde"in"the"small"founding"cantons"of"Switzerland"predates" Simon"de"Montfort’s"Parliament"of"1265,"which"was"the"birth"of" representative"democracy"in"the"UK."
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We"currently"have"political"momentum"in"the"UKOSwiss"relationship," following"the"signing"of"five,"soon"to"be"six,"agreements"preserve"legal" continuity"on"the"UK’s"departure"from"the"EU."This"will"serve"as"a" platform"–"and"there’s"mutual"UKOSwiss"appetite"to"deepen"the" relationship,"for"instance"on"financial"services."We’ve"more"than"tripled" our"number"of"diplomats"at"the"Embassy"over"20"months.""
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Turning"to"the"theme"of"Education,"one"of"the"strange"things"about" school"is"that"you"only"begin"to"realise"what"you"owe"to"your"school"long" after"you"have"left."Education"is"not"the"mere"accumulation"of" information,"but"the"gradual"absorption"of"a"way"of"life."You"don’t"go"to" school"to"learn"about"the"square"on"the"hypotenuse,"or"the"periodic"table" of"chemicals."I"would"be"the"last"to"decry"learning"of"any"sort,"and"the" oddest"pieces"of"knowledge"acquired"at"school"have"a"way"of"suddenly" popping"up"at"intervals"and"making"themselves"useful."But"there"is"far" more"to"your"schooldays"than"the"mere"acquisition"of"facts."You"go"for"far"
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