Various names are thought to be in the frame, including Theresa May’s former Brexit negotiator Olly Robbins, who was hated by Brexiteers, the highly-regarded US ambassador Karen Pierce, German ambassador Jill Gallard and Ministry of Justice permanent secretary Antonia Romeo.
“US ambassador”? What?
kagis
Oh, she’s the British ambassador to the US. Weird. Normally I’d expect that phrase to be referring to a US diplomat. I wonder if this is a British English thing.
Dame Karen Elizabeth Pierce, Lady Roxburgh, DCMG (born 23 September 1959), is a British diplomat who has served as the British Ambassador to the United States since 2020.[1]
But they also use it the other way around, when calling her the “British ambassador” elsewhere in the article.
She held posts in countries around the world, including Japan, Switzerland and the US, before becoming the British Ambassador in Afghanistan between 2015 and 2016.
“US ambassador”? What?
kagis
Oh, she’s the British ambassador to the US. Weird. Normally I’d expect that phrase to be referring to a US diplomat. I wonder if this is a British English thing.
kagis
Wikipedia doesn’t use that phrasing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Pierce
I do see it in a BBC article:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-51413307
But they also use it the other way around, when calling her the “British ambassador” elsewhere in the article.
Huh.
It is an odd way to write it. I assumed Jill Gallard was a German ambassador untill I read your comment.