Photograph: Sait Serkan Gurbuz/AP President Trump responded at the time by calling Darroch a "very stupid guy" and the row ended Sir Kim's 40-year diplomatic career. Video, 00:05:14, Why Bez wants people to 'get buzzin' in lockdown' Video, 00:02:44, Why Bez wants people to 'get buzzin' in lockdown', Inside the world's richest e-sports player's mansion. The US president l… Video, 00:06:42, Inside the world's richest e-sports player's mansion, Covid ward revisited 10 months on. Sir Kim Darroch on President Trump row: 'We're paid to tell it like it is', Former ambassador: 'We're paid to tell it like it is' Video, 00:03:48, Former ambassador: 'We're paid to tell it like it is', Up Next, Trump: 'I wish the British ambassador well' Video, 00:00:13, Trump: 'I wish the British ambassador well', Johnson on Sir Kim Darroch. Questions abound about how it was possible UK ambassador Sir Kim Darroch’s comments about the Trump administration were leaked to the Mail … Video, 00:01:04, Darroch 'not surprised' over Jones resignation, Huge military showcase in North Korea. Video, 00:01:54Spectacular âtree of lifeâ found in Australian lake, The rappers taking on Thailand's leaders. Sir Kim Darroch has resigned as UK ambassador to the US, as a row over leaked emails critical of President Trump's administration escalates. Video, 00:04:25Covid ward revisited 10 months on, An Amazon predator that 'zaps' prey. An Elizabethan writer once observed that an ambassador “is a good man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the benefit of his country”. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. The UK's ambassador to the US described the White House as … Video, 00:03:46, Polly and Molly the jumping piglets. Video, 00:02:04Johnson on Sir Kim Darroch, PM: Darroch resignation 'matter of deep regret' Video, 00:01:10PM: Darroch resignation 'matter of deep regret', Trump says ambassador 'has not served the UK well' Video, 00:00:22Trump says ambassador 'has not served the UK well', Hunt: Ambassador's views 'not shared by government' Video, 00:00:27Hunt: Ambassador's views 'not shared by government', Darroch 'not surprised' over Jones resignation. The UK's Ambassador to the United States has sensationally quit after a blistering row with Donald Trump over a leaked memo. DONALD Trump has been left enraged after the British ambassador to the US described his administration as “inept” in leaked advice. The US president had called Sir Kim Darroch "a very stupid guy" - but now says he wishes him well. Sir Kim Darroch resigned from his role in 2019 after emails were leaked in which he called the Trump administration "clumsy and inept". The Metropolitan Police, on October 20, confirmed that a man has been arrested in connection with the leak of diplomatic cables which resulted in the resignation of the UK ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch, last year. Video, 00:01:54, Spectacular âtree of lifeâ found in Australian lake, The rappers taking on Thailand's leaders. Video, 00:01:03One-minute World News, Spectacular âtree of lifeâ found in Australian lake. Video, 00:03:46The rappers taking on Thailand's leaders, Polly and Molly the jumping piglets. Video, 00:06:42Inside the world's richest e-sports player's mansion, Covid ward revisited 10 months on. On Sunday, emails from … Video, 00:01:31, Young, black and more likely to die. The UK ambassador to the US has resigned in a diplomatic spat over the “malicious leak” of secret memos - just hours after Britain's next likely leader refused to back the long-serving diplomat in a television debate. The leader of the Brexit party, Nigel Farage, has criticised Sir Kim for his comments, branding the ambassador "totally unsuitable for the job" and saying the "sooner he is gone the better". Video, 00:01:17. The current spat between Donald Trump and Sir Kim Darroch is rooted in an email leak last weekend. Video, 00:05:14Young, black and more likely to die, Why Bez wants people to 'get buzzin' in lockdown' Video, 00:02:44Why Bez wants people to 'get buzzin' in lockdown', Inside the world's richest e-sports player's mansion. Video, 00:01:17Polly and Molly the jumping piglets. Speaking to BBC Newsnight he said that diplomats operated on the basis that they could trust their colleagues with their communications and so could report in clear and direct terms. © 2021 BBC. Video, 00:00:58, Spectacular âtree of lifeâ found in Australian lake. The 65-year-old is currently Britain’s ambassador to the US. What happened to US-UK diplomacy? Sir Kim Darroch Contents Biography ; Previous roles; Biography. Video, 00:00:58An Amazon predator that 'zaps' prey, One-minute World News. Most recently, Darroch served as British Ambassador to the United States (2016-2019). The former UK ambassador to the US has said that Donald Trump responds "pretty sharply" when it comes to criticism but is very different when with his supporters. Video, 00:01:04Darroch 'not surprised' over Jones resignation, Huge military showcase in North Korea. The … Read about our approach to external linking. According to The Guardian, the man is believed to be a civil servant at the Department for International Trade and he was arrested after a 15-month inquiry appeared to have gone cold. Sir Kim Darroch resigned from his role in 2019 after emails were leaked in which he called the Trump administration "clumsy and inept". His diplomatic career spanned over 40 years, primarily focusing on national security issues and European policy, and including roles as the UK’s National Security Adviser and Permanent Representative to the European Union. The memos published in the Mail on Sunday newspaper contain highly critical comments from Ambassador Kim Darroch about the current state of Mr. Trump's government, providing a … Sir Kim Darroch KCMG (* 30. UK Ambassador to the US Sir Kim Darroch resigns after he said in leaked cables that the Trump administration was "inept" and "clumsy." He was born in … Kim Darroch is a retired UK civil servant and life peer in the House of Lords. Sir Kim is one of the UK’s most senior diplomats in a career that spans three decades. BRITAIN’S ambassador to the US Sir Kim Darroch has sensationally quit today after being embroiled in a Donald Trump leak storm – and the cops have been called in too. Video, 00:04:25, An Amazon predator that 'zaps' prey. .css-1xgx53b-Link{font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:700;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;color:#FFFFFF;}.css-1xgx53b-Link:hover,.css-1xgx53b-Link:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}Read about our approach to external linking. In the confidential memos the ambassador described the Trump administration as "uniquely dysfunctional". Mr Trump had vowed to no longer deal with Sir Kim if he remained as the UK's ambassador Sir Kim Darroch labelled Mr Trump 'inept' in a series of diplomatic cables which were leaked. Britain's Ambassador to the United States, Kim Darroch, has resigned after a series of leaked diplomatic cables revealed he told 10 Downing Street that … Kim’s diplomatic career spanned 3 decades and was primarily focussed on national security issues and European Union policy. .css-1snjdh1-IconContainer{display:none;height:0.875em;width:0.875em;vertical-align:-0.0625em;margin-right:0.25em;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link{color:inherit;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited{color:#696969;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link:hover,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited:hover,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link:focus,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited:focus{color:#B80000;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link::after,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited::after{content:'';position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0;z-index:2;}Former ambassador: 'We're paid to tell it like it is' Video, 00:03:48Former ambassador: 'We're paid to tell it like it is', Up Next, Trump: 'I wish the British ambassador well' Video, 00:00:13Trump: 'I wish the British ambassador well', Johnson on Sir Kim Darroch. Sir Kim Darroch has decided to resign as the UK ambassador to the US, the Foreign Office says. Comment: Or, to put it another way, the ambassador has read the papers. Video, 00:02:04, PM: Darroch resignation 'matter of deep regret' Video, 00:01:10, PM: Darroch resignation 'matter of deep regret', Trump says ambassador 'has not served the UK well' Video, 00:00:22, Trump says ambassador 'has not served the UK well', Hunt: Ambassador's views 'not shared by government' Video, 00:00:27, Hunt: Ambassador's views 'not shared by government', Darroch 'not surprised' over Jones resignation. Video, 00:01:31Huge military showcase in North Korea, Young, black and more likely to die. Sir Kim Darroch served as the UK's envoy to Washington between 2016 and 2019, when he resigned after diplomatic cables to the British government were leaked to the press. Sir Kim Darroch has hit the headlines for his controversial comments on Donald's Trump administration.. 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Donald Trump has reacted to the resignation of the UK's ambassador to the US. Leaked diplomatic memos from Sir Kim described Donald Trump as … Former UK ambassador to US Sir Kim Darroch takes seat in Lords MPs demand police backtrack on warning to press over Trump leak Security forces 'identify suspect behind Sir Kim Darroch memo leak' Sir Kim Darroch has resigned as UK ambassador to the US, amid a row over leaked emails critical of President Trump's administration. Britain’s Ambassador to Washington Sir Kim Darroch claimed that Donald Trump abandoned the Iran nuclear deal as an act of ‘diplomatic vandalism’ to … Former UK ambassador to US says Democratic presidential candidate was unimpressive Kim Darroch at the British embassy in Washington in 2017. 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