Thread by @KemiBadenoch

Some will think this communique is harmless. It’s not. As I saw at G7, G20 and WTO meetings, they are used for policy making at multi-lateral organisations and we will pay for this work to be done. There are two likely reasons why this has been signed🧵👇

thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

1️⃣ Keir Starmer has been out manoeuvred by Commonwealth countries.

This does not bode well for his ability to negotiate with countries like India and China, let alone Russia and Iran.

2️⃣Labour MPs , including the current Foreign Secretary are still student politicians at heart.

The communique reads like a full house of NUS Bingo.

They spent their time in opposition supporting these fringe causes under the guise of decolonisation -they **genuinely** believe this stuff.

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Those who criticised Labour’s student politics were accused of “culture wars”.

The truth is there’s no division between social and economic debates. You have to fight and win both at the same time.
If you don't understand the link between the two, then you will lose twice.

Labour has no mandate to promise the money of British taxpayers, who have never condoned or practised slavery, to foreign governments on the basis of inherited guilt.

As we saw with their handling of the Chagos islands, they don’t know how to defend our national interests.

It’s going to be a bad five years.