Our Government sees Chinese money as crucial for growth – but there is a naivety to befriending a genocidal regime [Video]

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AS he cosied up to China at the G20, was Keir Starmer aware that Beijing was doing exactly the same with its REAL friends from the Kremlin?

“A strong UK-China relationship is important for both our countries,” declared our PM . . . quite the reversal given his total condemnation of the ­Chinese from the comfort of opposition.

And how wide-eyed it sounds, with them also glad-handing Putin’s odious lackey Sergei Lavrov.

“We are at an unprecedented stage in the development of our strategic relations of a comprehensive partnership,” said Lavrov — a statement far more significant to Beijing than whether Labour lets them build a new London embassy.

How impotent too the PM’s protests to President Xi over Hong Kong look with 47 democracy campaigners jailed there within hours.

Our Government sees Chinese moneyas crucial for growth. But there is a naivety to befriending a genocidal regime which …