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| Sir Tim Barrow named as UK's new ambassador to EU | Sir Tim Barrow named as UK's new ambassador to EU |
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| Senior diplomat Sir Tim Barrow will be appointed the UK's new ambassador to the EU to replace Sir Ivan Rogers. | |
| Foreign Office sources confirmed the appointment of the former ambassador to Moscow, who will now play a key role in the UK's Brexit negotiations. | Foreign Office sources confirmed the appointment of the former ambassador to Moscow, who will now play a key role in the UK's Brexit negotiations. |
| Sir Ivan's exit, which came earlier than planned, sparked a row with his resignation note criticising "muddled thinking" from ministers. | |
| Some MPs had accused him of being "half-hearted" towards Brexit. | Some MPs had accused him of being "half-hearted" towards Brexit. |
| Critics of the outgoing ambassador were accused of trying to "politicise" the civil service, with a trade union saying there was a "deafening silence" from ministers in defending officials' independence. | |
| Sir Tim was the UK's ambassador to Moscow from 2011 to 2015. He has also advised a succession of foreign secretaries as well as holding a number of more junior diplomatic roles in the UK's EU mission. | |
| BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale said: "It would be very hard to say that Sir Tim Barrow is an out and out pro-European". |