カテゴリー: Foreign policy
In and Out has been fully booked since PM ate there, with patrons able to choose from special menu based on his mealWhatever the ins and outs of Westminster politics, Keir Starmer can take small comfort in the fact that there is one place where he is c…
Reform UK leader flew to the Maldives for a day despite not having permit to visit nearby archipelagoNigel Farage has been accused of “performing Maga stunts” after claiming the British government stopped him from travelling to the Chagos Islands on a …
Sue Miller suggests that there are diplomatic and practical steps that could make us all much saferSimon Tisdall is absolutely right (China is leading the charge to nuclear Armageddon – and Starmer barely noticed, 1 February). From our prime minister t…
PM flies out after courting world’s second biggest economy aware of difficult balance of risks and potential rewardsThe last British prime minister to visit China was Theresa May in 2018. Before the visit, she and her team were advised to get dressed u…
Starmer confirms immediate removal, but it is unclear if sanctions remain on former MP, academic and barristerUK politics live – latest updatesChina has lifted the sanctions it imposed on serving British MPs and peers in a significant sign of warming r…
PM praised for not pressuring Xi over his ties with Putin on a trip seen as business ‘taking precedence over politics’UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer’s visit to Beijing has been cautiously welcomed by Chinese state media as an act of econ…
Vow to bring ‘stability and clarity’ to the UK’s approach to Beijing on first visit by a British prime minister in eight years will be sorely testedKeir Starmer has travelled to China with a vow to bring “stability and clarity” to the UK’s approach to …
A decision on China’s controversial mega-embassy in London is imminent, with Chinese officials and British diplomats in Beijing anxiously awaiting the outcome of a planning application that could soon be approved. MPs from across the political spectrum…
A decision on China’s controversial mega-embassy in London is imminent, with Chinese officials and British diplomats in Beijing anxiously awaiting the outcome of a planning application that could soon be approved. MPs from across the political spectrum…
New date to approve site near Tower Bridge in London aligns with Keir Starmer’s planned visit to BeijingThe government has delayed its decision on whether to approve China’s super-embassy in London until January, when Keir Starmer is expected to visit …
Senior Security Service officers told Commons speaker in private meeting they can tackle espionage risks MI5 officers told the House of Commons speaker at a private meeting that they can tackle the risks of a proposed Chinese super-embassy in London, o…
Man at centre of abandoned spy case has said he reported to Chinese company with clients that wanted ‘to develop trading links with UK’Christopher Berry, the man at the heart of a controversial and now-abandoned Chinese espionage case, appeared to be a…
If Keir Starmer made promises to China it could constitute ‘predetermination’, Lord Banner legal opinion concludesApproving a Chinese super-embassy in east London could be unlawful if ministers gave Beijing assurances about the project in advance, one …
Diplomatic tensions escalate amid rows over planning hold-ups and collapse of spying trialTensions between Britain and China have escalated after Beijing criticised further delays to a planning decision on its proposed “mega embassy” in London.China’s …
Ken McCallum, the domestic spy chief, says he will ‘never back off’ from confronting threats from BeijingThe MI5 director general, Ken McCallum, has acknowledged his frustration at the failure to put on trial two Britons who had been accused of spying …