New US ambassador

I didn't have time to read his articles. I only listened to the radio news of him.
It's nice to be able to access to the FT article. It's good one. I want FT account!

Mandelson slammed as ‘moron’ by Trump adviser after being named US ambassador
https://www.ft.com/content/a789b816-e265-415b-abc3-b75d5380b2d0

[quote]But his extensive media record is also a risk. In a 2019 interview he called Trump “little short of a white nationalist and racist” and argued that even people who have a “sneaking admiration” for the incoming president view him as “reckless and a danger to the world”.[unquote]

little short
ambo
moron
whisperer
indecision
overwhelming [Cambridge]difficult to fight against
big hitter [Collins]A big hitter is a powerful or influential person, especially in business or politics.
slam dunk/slam-dunk [Collins](US) (informal) If you say that something is a slam dunk, you mean that a success or victory will be easily achieved.
league
head off [Collins]If you head something off, especially something unpleasant, you take action before it is expected to happen in order to prevent it from happening.
shed - shed a few pounds
less than [Collins]You use less than to say that something does not have a particular quality. For example, if you describe something as less than perfect, you mean that it is not perfect at all.
bridgehead [Collins]A bridgehead is a good position which an army has taken in the enemy's territory and from which it can advance or attack.
stint
Great Britain China Centre
non-departmental [Cambridge]in the UK, relating to an organization that is involved in government but is not part of a government department
China hawk
Xinjiang
formulation [quote]general genocide definition in the formulation of foreign policy
sweeping [Collins]comprehensive and wide-ranging / indiscriminate or without reservations
with its hands tied < have one's hands tied [Collins]to be wholly unable to act
hiatus
stop-gap / stopgap [Collins]A stopgap is something that serves a purpose for a short time, but is replaced as soon as possible.
in contention [Collins]If you are in contention in a contest, you have a chance of winning it.
formidable - remember!
from strength to strength - remember!
aneurysm
aorta << artery

Dame Karen Pierce - the Trump whisperer
Lady Cathy Ashton
Jonathan Powell
Morgan McSweeney
David Lammy
Lord Kim Darroch
Edwin Lutyens

Peter Mandelson: How the Prince of Darkness became his excellency
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv3edv21y7o

quitter
opulent
consolation. < console
in the doldrums
yank
Svengali
revered
charm (vern)
cajole
unabashed
temperamentally

Neil Kinnock
Oleg Deripaska

I'm dubious about reputations which Ben Wright of BBC or Kier beleive.I like the cartoon.

Chris Riddell on how Peter Mandelson’s meeting with Donald ‘Jabba the Hut’ Trump might go – cartoon
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/dec/21/chris-riddell-on-how-peter-mandelsons-meeting-with-donald-jabba-the-hut-trump-might-go-cartoon