PM has ‘given China everything they want’, says Kemi Badenoch

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Sir Keir Starmer has “given China everything they want” for “absolutely nothing in return”, Kemi Badenoch said.The Tory leader also cast doubt on the move to lift sanctions on UK MPs and peers, suggesting that the Chinese government had done so to allow for Xi Jinping to visit Parliament and could reimpose them afterwards.On a visit to the Welsh Senedd, she said: “Starmer’s visit to China was not in our national interest. He has gone there pretty much with a begging bowl, got pretty much nothing back.She was asked about her party's chances, recent polls, but also the Prime Minister's visit to China.

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00:00We have seen China spy against our country, a lot of espionage, intellectual property theft,

00:06serious threats. It is helping to undermine British industry. Of course, yes, China is a

00:11big trading country, but we need to stop being naive and think that if we go on a visit and

00:16then they lift sanctions, everything is fine. What else have we given them? Look at that

00:20super embassy in London, something that even the security services have said it could be a spy hub.

00:25China arrests people all over the world, puts them in prisons in their embassies. We need to start

00:32speaking up about this and Conservatives were strong enough to stand up to China. Labour is weak

00:37and what they've done is just giving China everything they want for absolutely nothing in return.

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