1/ Today Parliament decides whether to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics. The Government talks tough about China but when it comes to the crunch, they have no values and no strategy.
Let’s take a look…
Let’s take a look…
Former Chancellor George Osborne became the first British Minister to visit Xinjiang, hailing a “golden era” of Sino-British relations while turning a blind eye to the human rights abuses taking place right under his nose... bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-pol…
… time and time again thetimes.co.uk/article/china-…
The Prime Minister pressed ahead with China’s involvement in Britain’s 5G network - despite national security advice - and only U-turned under pressure from Donald Trump news.sky.com/story/uk-set-t…
Despite years of warnings, the Government is STILL contemplating handing over large chunks of Britain’s critical industries - like nuclear power - to Chinese-backed firms theguardian.com/environment/20…
Only this month, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said he didn't "consider it appropriate to intervene” in the sale of the UK’s largest producer of semiconductors to a Chinese-owned manufacturer theguardian.com/business/2021/…
Despite repeatedly conceding that the Chinese Government was in breach of the Joint Declaration, the Foreign Secretary refused to support calls for the withdrawal of British judges from Hong Kong courts thetimes.co.uk/article/hong-k…
The Government was silent on Parliament’s vote to declare that genocide was being committed against the Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang…theguardian.com/world/2021/apr…
…then Dominic Raab was secretly recorded talking up trade deals with countries committing human rights abuses theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
Today MPs from all sides will back Labour’s call for a political boycott of the Games. Will the Government stand up for British values and have the courage to join us? mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
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