Britain cannot stand by in the face of shocking human right abuses across Hong Kong August 4, 2020 On 9 March, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hong Kong, of which I am a vice chair, launched an inquiry into human rights abuses perpetrated by the Hong Kong Police Force against medical and humanitarian workers during the 2019 protests. One thousand submissions later, we are ready to publish our findings. Our report, published [...]
Russian hackers ‘stole’ US-UK trade deal papers from Liam Fox’s email August 3, 2020 Classified US-UK trade documents were “stolen” from former trade minister Liam Fox’s email account by Russian hackers, according to reports. The papers, which were leaked ahead of the December General Election last year, were accessed via several hacks on Fox’s account between 12 July and 21 October, according to Reuters. Several sources declined to name [...]
Tory MP arrested on suspicion of rape August 2, 2020 A Conservative MP and former minister has been arrested after a woman in her twenties accused him of rape, sexual assault and coercive control. The Tory MP was taken into custody yesterday and released on bail. The Metropolitan Police confirmed they have launched an investigation into four alleged incidents between July 2019 and January 2020 [...]
Exclusive: Top Tory MP says Russia ‘taken hostage by mafia gang’ July 31, 2020 Tom Tugendhat MP, the chair of the foreign affairs select committee, has said the Russian state has been “taken hostage by a mafia gang”. The country is a “shell of its former self”, the MP for Tonbrige and Malling told City A.M’s The City View podcast. His comments came after a top UK security committee [...]
A data arms race has begun — it’s not a game, it’s a national security imperative July 31, 2020 Data privacy is a human right. It is also a matter of national — and international — security. If the “new Cold War” is upon us, as has been claimed on City A.M., it will be fought with information. However, the west seems less serious about the “data arms race” than China and Russia, leaving [...]
City View exclusive: Foreign Affairs Committee chief labels Chinese ambassador ‘bully’ July 30, 2020 The chair of the Commons’ Foreign Affairs Committee has called China’s ambassador to the UK a “bully”, after the Beijing official accused Britain of cooking up “lies and slander” about the country and of getting too involved in its internal affairs. Speaking on City A.M.‘s daily podcast The City View, Tom Tugendhat said China’s recent [...]
The City View: Tom Tugendhat MP on China, Russia and foreign affairs July 30, 2020 Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Today Andy is joined by Tom Tugendhat MP, the chair of the Foreign Affairs Commons Select Committee. Tom responds to the latest warnings from the Chinese ambassador, warns Beijing it should not attempt to “bully” Britain, and Hong Kong’s economic future. He also offers us his take on the [...]
Richard Moore named as new MI6 spy chief July 29, 2020 Former diplomat and ambassador Richard Moore has been hired as the next boss of the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), also known as MI6. Moore has worked in the past as the UK’s ambassador to Turkey, the Deputy National Security Adviser in the Cabinet Office and is currently the Foreign Office’s political director. He also [...]
Weir Group profit slumps due to oil price plunge July 29, 2020 Engineering firm Weir Group suffered a 41 per cent drop in pre-tax profit in the first half of the year, its results showed today, as oil and gas revenues slumped amid falling prices. The figures The FTSE 250-listed firm’s profit before tax fell 41 per cent in the six months ending 30 June compared to [...]
A grown-up Japan marshals the world’s anti-China coalition July 27, 2020 Intellectual coherence has its advantages. While much of the western world has recently taken a holiday from history — as the US is weighed down by the melodrama of Donald Trump, the EU by the sleep-deprivation soap operas of its summit meetings, and the UK by profound confusions about how to respond to coronavirus — [...]