US ambassador’s Independence Day party: special relationship ‘alive and well’

To the American ambassador’s (early) independence day party. Despite the ambassador now possessing a shiny new embassy in south London – an off-location according to one @realDonaldTrump – guests were invited to Woody Johnson’s personal residence Winfield House, north west London.

Gavin Williamson and Liz Truss were both in attendance though Mr S understands that the tricky topic of the government spending review did not come up as party chat. Other politicians there included Greg Clark, Tobias Elwood and Thérèse Coffey. In his speech to guests – who munched on hot dogs and Krispy Kreme doughnuts – Johnson said the special relationship was ‘alive and well’.

Tory vice-chair Kemi Badenoch was certainly the living embodiment of that – joining the American military in an impromptu dance on the lawn:

Only there was one snag: it seems the special relationship isn’t special enough for the ambassador to screen the England game…