The Brexiteers’ promise of Global Britain looks forlorn
“THE CURRENT situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as I would like.” Thus did Sir Kim Darroch resign as Britain’s ambassador to Washington, the country’s top diplomatic post, on July 10th. His departure came days after the, a newspaper, published a selection of his cables that were highly critical of President Donald Trump and his administration.
Unsurprising as these views may be, their leaking is damaging, and has set off a hunt for the mole and speculation on the motive. Already, in the spring, a leak from Britain’s National Security Council over policy towards Huawei, a Chinese telecoms giant, led to the May Day firing of the defence secretary, Gavin Williamson. Now another episode has strengthened the impression that something is rotten in the heart of British government.
If Mr Trump had his way, Britain would have long ago appointed Nigel Farage, the Brexit Party leader, as its man in Washington. After news of the leak broke on July 7th, he made his views about Sir Kim plain. “The ambassador has not served the UK well, I can tell you that,” the president said. “We’re not big fans of that man.” He announced a boycott of Britain’s ambassador: “We will no longer deal with him,” he declared. He described as “wacky” and a “pompous fool”.
Back home, the British government rallied behind its man—but not Mr Johnson. In the televised debate on July 9th between the two rivals to succeed Mrs May, Jeremy Hunt, the foreign secretary, made it clear that he would keep Sir Kim in his job until he was due to retire at the end of this year, but Mr Johnson, the champion of “taking back control”, avoided any such commitment. Sir Kim resigned the following morning.
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