“The peculiar mixture of diplomatese with lawyerly vehement non-denial says that there is definitely a there there.”
Exactly. If the allegation wasn’t true they would have laughed and ignored it.
Bottom line is that this is not going away. I won’t be surprised if Trump himself repeats the allegation. This BBC story mentions “US authorities” who as far as we know could be John McCain.
The British trying to tell Trump what he can and cannot say wont fly well. Bad move.
They’ve had their collective knickers in a twist over there re: Trump since he won the election. In hindsight, that looks to me as if it’s a confirmation that all was not right.