Science Secretary Liz Kendall has said decisions on the Chinese mega-embassy “will be taken through the proper process”, following fresh reports in The Times that Starmer will formally approve the building on 10 December. She told Sky News this morning:
“We are clear-eyed about our relationship with China, and national security will always come first. That is absolutely non-negotiable. But where we can safely work with China, whether that’s on the economy or areas like research, that’s what we’ll do, because we want to get the best outcome for the British public.”
Last year David Lammy and Yvette Cooper wrote to the Planning Inspectorate, overriding security concerns over the mega-embassy, and now the government is briefing that it’s been given the green light by MI5 and MI6. As Guido reported, this week’s MI5 espionage warning was the first in a “sequence of events” designed to provide a smokescreen ahead of approving the mega-embassy…
Meanwhile, rumours are circulating that National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell is planning a trip to China, as Starmer is set to go in late January. This time last year, Starmer told Xi Jinping he had taken action on the mega-embassy. He has…
