Dear oh dear. Foreign Secretary David Lammy met with US Vice President JD Vance at the weekend to discuss the wars in Gaza and Ukraine over a spot of fishing. Lammy’s attempts at chumminess haven’t gone all that well however. Vance told Fox News that Washington is ‘done funding’ Kyiv, the Foreign Secretary failed to catch a single fish at his retreat in Kent and now Lammy has had to refer himself to the environment watchdog after he was found not to have a valid rod licence. Talk about a reverse Midas touch, eh?

Anglers in England and Wales aged 13 or over are required to have a rod licence to fish for freshwater species, like carp, according to the Environment Agency. Those who go fishing without a valid licence could end up being fined as much as £2,500. Yikes! For Lammy’s part, a Forei

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