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Britain’s ambassador to the EU has quit his post less than a month after it was revealed that he said a post-Brexit trade deal with the bloc could take up to a decade to achieve. Government sources confirmed that Sir Ivan Rogers, one of the UK’s most experienced EU diplomats, told staff on Tuesday that he was stepping down early from his role, just a few months before Britain begins its formal exit negotiations with the EU.

UK ambassador to EU quits amid Brexit row | Politics | The Guardian

The sudden resignation of Britain’s ambassador to the EU has prompted angry accusations from remain supporters that officials who express caution about the Brexit process risk being pressured out of their jobs Sir Ivan Rogers’ resignation so close to the start of Brexit negotiations at the end of March amounted to a “wilful and total destruction of EU expertise”, according to the former top civil servant at the Treasury. In an unusually candid intervention, Lord MacPherson, who was permanent secretary from 2005 until last year, said Rogers’ decision was a huge loss and that he was the latest in a string of EU experts to be frozen out, describing the decision as “amateurish”.

UK ambassador's exit is 'wilful destruction of EU expertise' | Politics | The Guardian