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I’ve never felt more like a second tier nation than watching this knowing UK leaders would not have the courage to say the same. twitter.com/Reuters/status…
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#Breaking UK Government intends to prevent a vote on the #GenocideAmendment AGAIN.
They will instead re-table @neill_bob wrecking amendment which excludes #Uyghurs
From a Government letter to all MPs.
Really poor.
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Will the Government stand up for one of their MPs, currently being harassed and accused of lying by Chinese Embassy officials? twitter.com/Nus_Ghani/stat…
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Thanks to @Telegraph for an opportunity to say what I really think about the #IntegratedReview
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/1…
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The real story behind the inherent contradictions in the #IntegratedReview and the real reason for opposition to the #GenocideAmendment 👇 twitter.com/singharj/statu…
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This is a trend. Using climate change to excuse doing nothing to hold China to account.
A new kind of climate exceptionalism: putting on a green mask to disguise our greed for RMB.
A reminder that China, the biggest polluter, has evaded meaningful commitments on climate. twitter.com/BelleTimsit/st…
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#IntegratedReview on China in a sentence:
China is bad, so let’s give them more money.
Yuhuh. That’ll show ‘em. twitter.com/10DowningStree…
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The #IntegratedReview makes the right noises but is ultimately incoherent re: #China. You can’t categorise a state as a strategic threat AND plan to invest more in it. Just means you reward the threat. Reminiscent of our skewed approach to Magnitsky sanctions: #anyonebutChina twitter.com/MrHarryCole/st…
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Happy 70th birthday @DavidAltonHL - easily the hardest working politician I know. Over 40 years standing up for human rights, day in, day out. Thank you.
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Fascinating rumour in Westminster Bubble at the mo: @DominicRaab apparently had five Magnitsky sanctions prepared for #Uyghur persecuting Chinese officials but was blocked from announcing them in January by Number Ten.
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Courageous article by @MahmutRahima - nobody in the UK has done more to uphold #Uyghur rights. telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/1…
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How easily we yielded our freedoms this past year.
How foolishly we turned a blind eye to police zealously trespassing on liberties previously held sacrosanct.
This is the result: twitter.com/liamyoung/stat…
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The Joint Declaration is a treaty lodged at the UN and still in force. The U.K. needs to make a formal request for punitive action commensurate with the severity of the breach. The idea that we would be seeking “increased bilateral trade” (Grimstone) with China is a joke.
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#BREAKING U.K. declares another breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration. Beijing in “ongoing” violation.
Better, and thank you @DominicRaab but what are we going to *do* about it? twitter.com/BeijingToBrit/…
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Relieved this is finally cutting through.
The PRC is destroying #HongKong and there have been no consequences. twitter.com/DavidAltonHL/s…
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Hearing cases of ultra-loyalist Chinese students on some UK campuses trying to silence anti-Uyghur genocide activists by publicly accusing them of racism.
Someone should break the news that Uyghurs living in Xinjiang are...erm...Chinese citizens.
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Embarrassing. Who is stopping @DominicRaab saying what he really thinks?
Weak statements with no actions merely feed the beast (as the past year has shown beyond doubt).
Still nothing from the PM. #HK friends should tell @UKinHongKong and @Number10press what they think.
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China breaks the Sino British Joint Declaration for the umpteenth time this year.
All the while Britain has cowered, failing to propose a single measure to hold them to account for it. twitter.com/XinqiSu/status…
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No, the BN(O) scheme isn’t an accountability measure.
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WATCH this. The BN(O) scheme is great, but does nothing to hold China accountable for breaching the Joint Declaration.
Where are the consequences? twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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It is now becoming the consensus view that the Chinese Government is committing genocide against the #Uyghur people.
The UK refuses to use the word genocide without a court ruling, even though it knows such a ruling is impossible. Immoral.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/03/09…
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OFCOM absolutely setting the standard here. If Chinese SOEs can’t play by the rules, they can get out.
Nuclear, academia, telecoms: your turn. twitter.com/LOS_Fisher/sta…
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Very good letter. Hope @DominicRaab is listening. I’ve been humbled by the energy and sheer professionalism of the young people campaigning for the #GenocideAmendment twitter.com/YetAgainUK/sta…
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