Fury as Lammy Snubs Commonwealth Allies With China Visit
David Lammy’s visit to China has been officialy confirmed. He will fly tomorrow for a two-day trip…
The Foreign Secretary has been busy warming up to China. Along with handing the Chagos Islands to China-ally Mauritius, he said earlier this year: “We have been very concerned that the government seems to have given up entirely on engagement with China. No one seems to have gone from our government to China, which is very, very bizarre.” Lammy is obsessed with attacking Tories for refusing to “engage” with China while sending his ministerial team for meetings with Xi Jinping’s strategic mastermind Wan Huning…
The government refuses to call China a threat because the “deep and complex” relationship can’t be “boiled down to one word.” Now Lammy visits China before Commonwealth allies Australia, Canada, or New Zealand. Eyebrows will be raised very high down under, where China is a major strategic enemy…
Before the election Labour promised “a full audit across Whitehall of our relationship with China so that we can set the direction and a course.” The government is refusing to explain what its status is, and today defends the visit as a “necessary pragmatic engagement.” Lammy is visiting before the “direction and course” are set – Where is the audit?
