Justin Trudeau’s government is much less prepared to call what China is doing in Xinjiang a genocide, however.
If we cannot end our national stagnation, whatever term the Prime Minister uses to describe Beijing will be irrelevant.
Cleverly also called on the EU to “respect the constitutional integrity of the United Kingdom and our single market”.
If Truss is set on rewriting the Integrated Review, she will need bandwidth at the top of govenment to do so effectively, given the awesome scale of the economic challenges facing her.
The global rebound in 2021 was 6.1 per cen,t and this year the IMF expects global growth of 3.2 per cent followed by 2.9 per cent next. These forecasts may prove optimistic.
What is less recognised is the way in which David Cameron’s Government decided, not without risk to the Conservatives’ electoral prospects in some key marginals, to withhold patronage and money from some Muslim organisations that, fitfully, had gained both under Labour.
We have let autocracies grow rich too long. As the old Roman saying had it: if you want to live in peace, prepare for war.
An invasion by Beijing could devastate the global economy. Yet neither Sunak nor Truss have set out their policy
Our next prime minister must convert tough talk about the CCP and its abuses into sustained, serious action.
It’s no good massing troops in eastern Europe if the western powers depend on Beijing for critical industries and infrastructure.
The country faces a $600 billion bill for infrastructure damage and 100 soldiers dying a day. It cannot fight indefinitely.
China exploits its status as a developing nation to undermine global efforts to slow global warming.
A new report sets out clear steps the UK can take, alongside our allies, to reinforce this vital democratic partner.
It seldom occurs to this author that the best way to deal with fashionable absurdities is to laugh at them, and trust in the public’s common sense.
However unsavoury, we must prepare contingency plans for tactical nuclear warheads deployment. Signalling that we will go hard, early is a must and is being resisted by our elite who still drink the Fukuyaman Kool-Aid.