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Nigel Farage attacks response to Trump ambassador tweet - BBC News
"By any measure this is an extraordinary intervention.
The future head of state of one nation telling another country who they should appoint as their ambassador is unusual enough; when it is two nations that are meant to share a special relationship it is a breach of nearly every rule of diplomatic protocol.
At a stroke it puts tension into the Trump/ May relationship before they have even met.
It also leaves the current holder of the post, Sir Kim Darroch (pictured above), in an awkward position as he seeks to forge closer contacts with the new administration.
In Downing Street and diplomatic circles there is consternation. "
Yeah, let's bend over and get shafted so hard by the US that the helmet appears in our mouth
Nigel Farage attacks response to Trump ambassador tweet - BBC News
"By any measure this is an extraordinary intervention.
The future head of state of one nation telling another country who they should appoint as their ambassador is unusual enough; when it is two nations that are meant to share a special relationship it is a breach of nearly every rule of diplomatic protocol.
At a stroke it puts tension into the Trump/ May relationship before they have even met.
It also leaves the current holder of the post, Sir Kim Darroch (pictured above), in an awkward position as he seeks to forge closer contacts with the new administration.
In Downing Street and diplomatic circles there is consternation. "
Yeah, let's bend over and get shafted so hard by the US that the helmet appears in our mouth
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