Darroch's resignation may have chilling effect on diplomacy, experts warn

Sir Kim Darroch in Washington on 20 October 2017.Photograph: Sait Serkan Gurbuz/APThe resignation of Sir Kim Darroch as the UK’s ambassador to the US after controversy over leaked memos in which he criticized Donald Trump could have a chilling effect on international diplomacy, experts have warned.Veteran diplomats defended Darroch’s confidential memos – in which he referred to the Trump administration as “incompetent” and “inept” – as the nature o