Following the loss of the EMA & EBA, now the UK fails to get its judge onto the International Court of Justice (ICJ… https://t.co/TBc1vsqRaG — Luke McDonagh (@DrLukeMcDonagh) 1511212901000

We haven't even reached the bottom yet BUT on 1 day we've seen: UK have its judge on UN International Court of Jus… https://t.co/mxQzOXkqgG — Dr Matthew Ford (@warmatters) 1511213462000

(With inputs from Agencies)

NEW DELHI: The UK suffered not one but three diplomatic losses yesterday, including its exit from the International Court of Justice ICJ ).First, Amsterdam won the battle to host the European Medicines Agency ( EMA ), which is currently based in London, news agencies reported.Then, Paris won its bid to host the European Banking Authority ( EBA ), also currently based in London.And more bad news was to come, as later in the day, Britain withdrew its candidate from the ICJ's electoral fray, after a lot of negative publicity and allegations that it was playing "dirty politics".In the 11 earlier rounds of voting for a judge post in the world court, India's Dalveer Bhandari got nearly two-thirds of the votes in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). In the UN Security Council (UNSC), UK candidate Christopher Greenwood consistently received nine votes as against five for Bhandari. This resulted in a stalemate.Diplomatic sources told PTI news agency on Sunday that the UK is trying to "misuse" its UNSC membership by pushing for a 'joint conference mechanism', to win the contest. There is unequivocal legal opinion against using such a mechanism, the sources said."The 'dirty politics' being played by India's former colonial ruler, as one UN insider put it, has sent a sense of 'uneasiness' among other members of the powerful UN Security Council, many of whom are aware of the long-term implications of a move to ignore the voice of the majority of the United Nations General Assembly," wrote PTI.No doubt under pressure from such allegations, the UK yesterday withdrew the candidature of Greenwood, paving the way for Bhandari's re-election.Luke McDonagh, a constitutional law lecturer at the University of London, in a tweet, called the ICJ exit and the loss of two European Union (EU) agencies "an extraordinary day of loss of British influence".Earlier yesterday, Amsterdam won a fierce fight to host the EMA, which was up for grabs because of last year's shock Brexit vote in the UK, reported PTI. The EMA, one of the world's most powerful drugs watchdogs is "alluring" said the BBC, as it promises to make its new host into a hub for Europe's medical industry.Matthew Ford, a lecturer in international relations at the University of Sussex, said the UK hasn't seen the worst yet. He was referring to the fallout of the Brexit vote and the UK's exit from the EU.Following the EMA vote yesterday, Paris won the bid to host the EBA, which sets rules and regulations for banking in the EU. This regulator has been in London since its creation in 2011, but will now relocate across the channel before March 2019, when Britain is set to quit the bloc, said the UK's Daily Express publication.A Green Party supporter tweeted wondering whether the 'great' in 'Great Britain' would ever be restored.The two watchdogs, with a total of 1,000 highly skilled jobs between them, are currently based in London's Canary Wharf district but must leave before Britain quits the EU in March 2019, said PTI.