Lib Dems: Govt needs to ‘take the bull by the horns’ and block Chinese mega-embassy
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Responding to reports that the Deputy Prime Minster has asked China to explain ‘hidden’ plans for a mega embassy in London, Luke Taylor MP and Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for London said:
“It looks like the Government has finally cottoned on to the grave threat this embassy poses. But rather than dithering, it needs to take the bull by the horns and finally block China’s application.
"It is staggering that only now, at the eleventh hour, the Government is finally asking fundamental questions about what Beijing is planning. This is despite the huge and obvious security risks the embassy poses to our city and our nation.
"Anything less than an unequivocal rejection of this application would send a dreadful message to Hong Kongers in the UK, who already face a campaign of transnational repression directed by the CCP.
"It's well past time that the Government sent a clear message: that we stand with Hong Kongers and democracy, and we won't let authoritarian states like China walk all over us.”
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