Re: the actual thread topic.
I can’t find the article I read this morning where Milliband clarified that the diplomatic action was not an “expulsion” per se.
Instead, I will settle for the exact phrasing used by Milliband to UK Parliament. Notice what it doesn’t say. THIS is quoted all over the place [emphasis added].
“I’ve asked that a member of the Embassy of Israel be withdrawn from the UK as a result of this affair and this is taking place,”