Fears of further British diplomatic leaks

The head of the UK’s diplomatic service has said he fears more leaks could follow that which led to the UK’s ambassador to the US resigning.

Sir Simon McDonald told MPs he was “bracing” himself for further leaks, following the divulging of Sir Kim Darroch’s emails which he described as “the worst breach of trust in our service in my career”.

It comes as Downing Street said it was in discussions with the police as to whether any criminality has been committed when memos in which Sir Kim called the Trump administration ” “inept”, “incompetent” and “insecure” were leaked.

President Trump said on Monday that the US would not deal with Sir Kim.

The US president had branded him “a very stupid guy” after confidential emails emerged where the ambassador had called his administration “clumsy and inept”.

In a letter to the Foreign Office, Sir Kim said he wanted to end speculation about his position: “The current situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as I would like.”

The US President also called Theresa May foolish and accused her and her team of making a “mess” of Brexit.

Via ITV News