Comments made by the Sir Kim Darroch, the British Ambassador to the US, on the Trump administration have been leaked to pro-Brexit journalist Isabel Oakshott, with key Brexiteers exploiting them to attack the civil service and diplomatic corps and call for the removal of non-Brexit-supporting civil servants.

The Conservative leadership contenders are not being required to explain how they would address the devastating economic impacts of our decision to leave the EU. They should be.