Kurt Zindulka12 Oct 2022
In what could spell a significant reversal of foreign policy for the last three Tory leaders, Prime Minister Liz Truss is reportedly planning on officially designating China a “threat” to the UK for the first time.
Liz Truss, who succeeded Boris Johnson as prime minister last month, is looking to dismantle more of the previous regime’s policy positions, with reports emerging that the new government will look to overturn the previous decade of attempts to cosy up to the communist regime in Beijing.
According to a report from the Daily Telegraph, which shares a close relationship with the governing Conservative party in Britain, Truss is currently conducting an update to Boris Johnson’s 2021 Integrated Review on China, changing the government’s stance from viewing the murderous dictatorship as a “systemic competitor” to a being considered the “most serious long-term threat to our values and way of life”.
The review is expected to be released to the public within the coming days. It follows a speech this week from the head of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) intelligence agency, Sir Jeremy Fleming, who warned that China’s growing technological prowess is a “threat to us all“..........To Read More....
My Take - One thing is clear, she's not BOJO, and she's a bit of an enigma. When she first got in I said from what I'd read I felt she's a tough nut with a "talk softly but carry a big stick" mentality. Then she decided to back off on her promise to "crack down" on immigration and actually decided to increase it, for which I ripped her. She then gave in on taxes, and now she's back with the big stick. Will she become a Maggie Thatcher? We'll see, but I'm not optimistic since this is great headlines, but headlines aren't policy or action. It's just talk.
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