Thread by @SarahLudford

.@D0Sullivan, who was EU ambassador to US at the time of the status downgrade there, said the UK decision to take a similar approach was ‘surprising’.”
ft.com/content/84042c…

“‘I would be extremely surprised if the UK government were unwilling to accord full diplomatic recognition to the EU ambassador - as is the case in the vast majority of countries around the world, including the United States’, Mr O’Sullivan @D0Sullivan told the FT.”

‘in another symbol of Britain’s shifting post-Brexit rel with EU, the job [of Hd of UK Mission] will no longer be on a par with London’s ambassador to Washington in the Foreign Off pecking order’.

More stupid pettiness.

And our chap in Bxl has got diplo status as Amb, AFAIK.

It’s one thing to be ruled by people you disagree with - that’s been my experience my whole life, after all - but quite another to be ruled by a bunch of prejudiced incompetents who have zero judgement & hardly a brain cell between them

And this is not some arcane FCO issue about the Vienna Conv. Practical Brexit difficulties are proliferating; the UK will be seeking understanding & flexibility; what trust will there be as these pathetic petty idiots think it’s a jolly jape to indulge their prejudices?