Let’s see who the true patriots are now. The politicians that stand up for Britain and our institutions or those that kowtow to Trump?

Where is the Nimby brigade when you need them?

The turn to censorship/cancel culture is actually an opportunity for liberalism. A chance to get back to its philosophical roots, having been too censorious for too long, and a chance to be subversive again, too long ceded to the populist right.

This is the response of the US president to the most serious act of Russian aggression against NATO since the end of the Cold War. Not even a criticism of Russia or a message of solidarity with one of the US's most steadfast allies, let alone a sign the US will take any action.

Quite apart from the moral issue, Mandelson's position is now a major political problem.

The Epstein case, & what to release, is an extremely hot issue in US politics.

The UK can't have an Ambassador who's implicated in that story & who might be thought to have a personal stake in these decisions.