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Top UK diplomat reacts to new PM Theresa May’s first moves

Sir Peter Westmacott, the UK’s former Ambassador to the United States, joins Gwen Ifill.

Aired 07/13/2016 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Top UK diplomat reacts to new PM Theresa May’s first moves

Clip: 7/13/2016 | 6m 39s

Sir Peter Westmacott, the UK’s former Ambassador to the United States, joins Gwen Ifill.

Sir Peter Westmacott, the UK’s former Ambassador to the United States weighs in on the past three weeks’ fast-paced developments in Britain. Of the new prime minister, Theresa May, he describes her as grounded, no-nonsense and humble. He describes as a surprise her appointment of Boris Johnson, the pro-Brexit former mayor of London, to be foreign secretary. Gwen Ifill talks with Westmacott.

Aired 07/13/2016 | Rating NR

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