Kim Darroch
Tory leadership favourite under fire after British ambassador to the United States resigns.
'I think Theresa May's last day was basically as we were leaving the UK last month.'
Diplomat says leak of secret cables has made his job "impossible".
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In my time in Washington it never occurred to me what I wrote would be passed to the gutter press. The culprit of this skullduggery must be exposed, former ambassador Peter Jay writes
Sir Kim Darroch called the US administration "inept" and the president is now refusIng to work with the diplomat.
Boris Johnson, meanwhile, boasts "good relationship with the White House" amid US diplomat row.
The outburst came after the leak of sensitive diplomatic memos detailing the “uniquely dysfunctional” and “inept” White House under the US president.
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Only those who want to foment political chaos, like Farage and Trump, benefit from hammering ambassadors for doing their job, the Green Party's Amelia Womack writes