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  • Saturday, 9 January, 2021
    UK Government
    Johnson’s fawning to Trump will have done the UK no favours with Biden

    The prime minister fell far short of handling his relationship with the US president well

  • Friday, 11 September, 2020
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    Kim Darroch: ‘I thought it would be trial by tweet’

    Britain’s former ambassador to the US on Brexit, Boris Johnson — and the leaked Trump memo that forced him to resign

  • Sunday, 9 February, 2020
    UK politics
    UK envoys ‘cannot do jobs’ as Trump leak inquiry drags on

    Diplomats frustrated by long police investigation into classified cables

    (FILES) In this file photo taken on August 20, 2019 Dame Karen Pierce, Permanent British representative to the United Nations speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting, at the United Nations in New York. - Britain appointed its current UN envoy as the next ambassador to the United States on February 7, 2020, after London's previous top diplomat in Washington resigned over comments about President Donald Trump. Downing Street said Karen Pierce would replace Kim Darroch, who quit last year over leaked diplomatic cables in which he criticised Trump as "inept" and his White House administration "dysfunctional". (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo by JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images)
  • Friday, 7 February, 2020
    UK foreign policy
    Karen Pierce appointed UK ambassador to Washington

    First woman to hold top diplomatic job replaces Kim Darroch who resigned last year

    Karen Pierce, UK Ambassador to the United Nations speaks during the United Nations Security Council meeting on Syria at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz - RC14CA920230
  • Friday, 24 January, 2020
    UK foreign policy
    UN envoy Karen Pierce tipped for Washington embassy job

    Career diplomat rated by PM would be Britain’s first female ambassador to US

    NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - APRIL 10: Karen Pierce, UK Ambassador to the United Nations gives a speech during a UN Security Council meeting on suspected chemical attacks in Douma, Syria at United Nations Headquarters in New York, United States on April 10, 2018. (Photo by Atilgan Ozdil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
  • Sunday, 15 December, 2019
    UK general election
    Conservatives prepare shake-up of government machine

    Overhaul of Whitehall bureaucracy for a post-Brexit economy driven by adviser Dominic Cummings

  • Friday, 6 December, 2019
    Brexit
    British diplomat to US quits in tirade over Brexit ‘half-truths’

    Senior official in US delivers stinging letter accusing own government of not being honest

    Alexandra Hall Hall from Gov.uk
  • Monday, 22 July, 2019
    UK politics
    Stop attacks on civil service impartiality, say unions

    Growing concern that Whitehall has been unfairly dragged into Brexit debate

    Mandatory Credit: Photo by NEIL HALL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (10183985j)
									People pass a sign on Whitehall near Parliament in London, Britain, 01 April 2019. British Members of Parliament are taking part later in the evening in indicative votes on alternative versions for Brexit with Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet ministers again instructed to boycott the votes.
									British Members of Parliament to vote on further Brexit options, London, United Kingdom - 01 Apr 2019
  • Sunday, 14 July, 2019
    Trump’s Iran policy ‘diplomatic vandalism’, leaked UK cables say

    Mail on Sunday ignores warning not to publish more papers from former ambassador to US

    Donald Trump has tweeted that he will not work with Sir Kim Darroch, after leaked cables in which the ambassador characterised the Trump administration as inept and insecure
  • Saturday, 13 July, 2019
    Met says public interest is no defence for publishing leaks 

    Assistant commissioner says police support press freedom after Darroch investigation criticised

  • Saturday, 13 July, 2019
    Political Fix podcast32 min listen
    The ousting of Kim Darroch and Corbyn's latest travails on anti-Semitism and Brexit

    Why did the UK’s ambassador to the US decide to go?

  • Friday, 12 July, 2019
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    How a veteran UK ambassador’s position became untenable

    ‘Initially we thought it could be contained,’ says a friend of Britain’s envoy to Washington

  • Friday, 12 July, 2019
    Police launch criminal probe into release of Darroch cables

    ‘Turn yourself in,’ senior Met officer tells leaker, advising media not to publish more documents

    File photo dated 03/02/17 of the Curtis Green building on Victoria Embankment in London. Britain's next top police officer will be selected this week as the leading candidates for the post are interviewed by senior politicians.
  • Friday, 12 July, 2019
    UK politics
    Johnson tries to extricate himself from Darroch row

    Envoy’s allies say ex-foreign secretary was factor in resignation as police launch leak probe

    Boris Johnson, a leadership candidate for Britain's Conservative Party, appears on BBC TV's The Andrew Neil Interviews, in London, Britain July 12, 2019. Jeff Overs/BBC/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. NOT FOR USE MORE THAN 21 DAYS AFTER ISSUE.
  • Friday, 12 July, 2019
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    US-UK relations: strains in the ‘greatest alliance’  

    Darroch affair has made Britain look like a supplicant — the latest example of appearing vulnerable abroad 

  • Friday, 12 July, 2019
    World Weekly podcast12 min listen
    What envoy's downfall tells us about UK-US relations

    Gideon Rachman discusses the crisis in Britain's relations with the US following the…

  • Thursday, 11 July, 2019
    Boris Johnson under fire from own side over Darroch row

    Tory MPs line up to criticise No 10 contender’s actions over ambassador

    Britain's Conservative Party leadership candidate Boris Johnson reacts during a campaign stop at the port of Dover, southeast England, Thursday July 11, 2019. The two contenders, Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson are competing for votes from party members, with the winner replacing Prime Minister Theresa May as party leader and Prime Minister of Britain's ruling Conservative Party. (Chris Ratcliffe/Pool via AP)
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2019
    Global InsightEdward Luce
    Donald Trump is on track to splinter the west

    This new America cannot be counted on to come to your aid in a crisis

    Donald Trump has tweeted that he will not work with Sir Kim Darroch, after leaked cables in which the ambassador characterised the Trump administration as inept and insecure
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2019
    Trump ‘bullied’ UK over ambassador’s leaked cables, says Conservative MP

    Outpouring of sympathy for Kim Darroch, who resigned after fierce criticism from US president

    British ambassador to the US Kim Darroch resigned on Wednesday, saying the stand-off with President Donald Trump made his job ‘impossible’
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2019
    News in-depthUK politics
    Johnson risks Whitehall backlash over ambassador’s downfall

    Civil servants furious after Tory frontrunner throws Darroch ‘to the wolves’

  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2019
    May keeps open option of appointing successor to Darroch

    Quick replacement could frustrate possible appointments by Johnson

    Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May gives a speech on the importance of the Union in Stirling, Scotland on July 4, 2019. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / various sources / AFP)ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP/Getty Images
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2019
    UK foreign policy
    Boris Johnson accused of throwing US ambassador ‘under a bus’

    PM contender’s refusal to back Darroch over Trump leaks ‘a factor’ in resignation

    The British Ambassador to Washington, D.C. Sir Kim Darroch, poses for a portrait inside of the library on October 1, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Artwork: Viscount Montgomery of Alamein by former American president Dwight D. Eisenhower. It's signed Ike on the reverse
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2019
    Instant InsightRobert Shrimsley
    Kim Darroch’s resignation shames Boris Johnson

    The departure of the UK’s man in Washington reflects the depth of Brexit divisions

    FILE - 10 JULY 2019: UK Ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch, has resigned amid a row regarding leaked emails which criticized US President Donald Trump's administration. WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 20: British Ambassador to the U.S. Kim Darroch speaks during an annual dinner of the National Economists Club at the British Embassy October 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen gave a lecture on "Monetary Policy Since the Financial Crisis." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2019
    John Major says Darroch ‘thrown to the wolves’ over diplomatic leaks

    Former prime minister said president Trump should not play any role in selecting ambassador

    28/02/2018 Sir John Major, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, delivers a speech on Brexit at Somerset house this afternoon.
  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2019
    Boris Johnson evasive on keeping Darroch as US ambassador

    Rival Hunt hits back at Trump after US president attacked envoy as ‘wacky’ and ‘pompous’

    Boris Johnson, left, when he was foreign secretary, and British ambassador to the US Kim Darroch  on Capitol Hill in 2017
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