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Paul Waugh
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UK ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch has quit.
'You have behaved with dignity, professionalism and class' the current FCO permanent secretary tells Darroch. Message there for @BorisJohnson?
'The whole Cabinet gave its support' to Darroch, May tells PMQs. Hints 'our values' are under pressure. From Trump?
Shouts from Labour benches of 'what about Boris?' But Johnson is not in #PMQs. Neither is Hunt.
Corbyn makes brief reference to what May just confirmed. But focuses on cuts to legal aid. Wonder if he will be agile enough to use one of his PMQS to attack Boris Johnson for not standing up for Darroch? (After all it will be JC v BJ at #PMQs from Sept)
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/sir-kim-…
Corbyn could make the obvs point that Johnson refused to quit over inaccurate statements about Nazanin Zaghari- Ratcliffe, but Darroch has been forced to resign for telling the truth.
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Jim Pickard
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make no mistake, the resignation of Sir Kim Darroch is a historic moment and not in a good way, this is an ominous precedent
it is a somewhat surprising manifestation of Taking Back Control
The SNP’s @IanBlackfordMP tells the Commons:

“It’s a pity that the former foreign secretary (Johnson)....did not stand up for our leading diplomat in the US yesterday.”
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Jennifer-Anne Scott
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Sir Kim Darroch has decided to resign as British Ambassador to the United States.
From Foreign Office... In a letter to Sir Simon McDonald, Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Sir Kim wrote:

“Since the leak of official documents from this Embassy there has been a great deal of speculation surrounding my position and the duration
"...of my remaining term as ambassador. I want to put an end to that speculation. The current situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as I would like.

"Although my posting is not due to end until the end of this year, I believe in the current circumstances
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Steve Herman
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"We will no longer deal with" #UK Ambassador @KimDarroch, declares @POTUS.
Seeking clarification on what this actually means. @WhiteHouse not discussing on the record whether @KimDarroch is just a virtual 'persona non grata' in eyes of @POTUS or whether there'll be diplomatic ramifications. Queries being directed to @StateDept on that.
US and UK established diplomatic relations in 1785, broke relations when Washington declared war in 1812; relations were reestablished in 1815.
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Burn Notice
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THREADS Unravelling:

1. Sir Kim Darroch has just returned to the news.

Many will not know this name, however I have been following this guy for a while due to his connections with Australia's Alexander Downer and the *real* flow of FISA information via the US Embassy in London.
2. Sir Kim Darroch vouched for Christopher Steele's credibility within the US Department of State.

Darroch was David Cameron’s ‘National Security Advisor’ and was also "wining and dining" with Hakluyt staff after resigning his role in Sept 2015.
3. In 2016, Darroch was a 'place-holder' in a key role that would support the #FISA (Christopher Steele) component of the coup against @POTUS.

This was a vast network of high ranking Govt officials, bankers, Ambassadors, lawyers, surveillance officers & former politicians.
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Lonnie M. Przybysz
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I hope every President @realDonaldTrump supporter will tweet to the UK ambassador @KimDarroch, for calling POTUS inept in dispatches, and he warned the UK " Trump's White House tenure could end in disgrace". Who the heck does he think he is? Please tweet to British embassy also.
The so called UK ambassador to the US, had quite a few choice things to say, all negative, about our President @realDonaldTrump. It is so obvious he is a #RadicalLeftist. Here is the storyn in the HILL which tells more of what he said about @POTUS.
thehill.com/homenews/admin…
These cables that this inept ambassador @KimDarroch sent out bashing President @realDonaldTrump and his administration, are supposed to be confidential. Do you actually believe he accidently somehow released them to the @DailyCaller ? then @CNN? No way. He wanted this narrative.
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Sir Kim Darroch vouched for Christopher Steele's credibility with the United States Department of State, then later told (with Sir Mark Lyall) Sean Spicer not to repeat claims of wiretapping.

newyorker.com/magazine/2018/…

politico.com/story/2017/03/…
Sir Kim Darroch and Ratan Tata are both on the International Advisory Board of British American Business.

babinc.org/international-…
Ratan Tata, as previously established, is on the Advisory Board at Holdingham, which controls Hakluyt & Co..

Tata is also on the Advisory Board at Carnegie Endowment, while Elizabeth Dibble is on the Board of Directors for the same organisation.

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