Reuters, LONDONA senior British diplomat in Washington has resigned, saying she did not want to “peddle half-truths” over Brexit for a government she did not trust, CNN reported on Friday. Britons head to the polls on Thursday for an election that would decide the fate of the UK’s exit from the EU. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives have said they would deliver Brexit by the end of next month, while the opposition Labour Party, which is trailing in the polls, plans to renegotiate the exit deal and put it to another referendum. The office confirmed that Hall Hall had resigned, but a spokeswoman said it would not comment on the detail of an individual’s resignation. CNN said Hall Hall’s role involved explaining the UK’s approach to Brexit to US politicians and that she felt her diplomatic role had been co-opted to deliver messages that were “neither fully honest nor politically impartial.”It said she had filed a formal complaint about being asked to convey overtly partisan language on Brexit in Washington.

Source: Taipei Times December 07, 2019 15:56 UTC