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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
    InterviewLunch with the FT
    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 & policy
    UK envoys ‘cannot do jobs’ as Trump leak inquiry drags on

    Diplomats frustrated by long police investigation into classified cables

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Monday, 22 July, 2019
    UK politics & policy
    Stop attacks on civil service impartiality, say unions

    Growing concern that Whitehall has been unfairly dragged into Brexit debate

  • 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

  • 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
    Payne's Politics 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
    News in-depth
    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

  • Friday, 12 July, 2019
    UK politics & policy
    Johnson tries to extricate himself from Darroch row

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2019
    News in-depthUK politics & policy
    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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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’

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