Johnson failed Kim Darroch abysmally. He doesn’t deserve to choose the next envoy to the US | Malcolm Rifkind

Theresa May should appoint another civil servant, not a politician, before she leaves office

I can think of no previous occasion where an ambassador or, for that matter, a minister has had to resign because he has told the truth, rather than because he has told a lie, in the performance of his public duties. That has been the fate of Kim Darroch. There are three people responsible for the loss to the UK of a hugely competent, professional and honourable public servant.

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