Tories: 'Not the time' for Starmer to be visiting China

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Senior Conservative frontbencher, Andrew Griffith, says that he does not think this is "the right time for the Prime Minister and his entourage to be fleeing to China". Sir Keir Starmer is heading to Beijing in the hopes of securing a UK-China trade deal. Report by Ketchs. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We have to trade with the wider world, but I don't think it's right.

00:03The Prime Minister is going at this particular time against the context and background.

00:08We've got Jimmy Lyre, dissenter in a Chinese prison.

00:11We've got evidence of Chinese espionage here on these shores.

00:15The Prime Minister has shown great weakness in giving away the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a Chinese ally.

00:21This is a time when the UK needs to be strong.

00:23That comes from a strong economy.

00:25There's a lot of things that need to be done here at home.

00:27So I don't think it's the right time for the Prime Minister and his entourage to be fleeing to China.

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