Jonathan Powell must be a very familiar face in Beijing. He’s back there on another unannounced visit this week, not disclosed by the British Government…
Chinese media notes Powell met Wang Yi, China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs yesterday. Chagos on the agenda no doubt, as well as Ukraine and Iran…
Is the UK about to join the Iran-China axis? Staggering stuff…
Burnham confirms he spoke to Trump last night about drilling in the North Sea:
“I indicated in the phone call that we had a week last Monday that I would take a pragmatic approach when it comes to the North Sea, and that is my intention as we go forward from here. There is a resource there. When people are struggling, we can’t ignore that. Hence, me indicating that to the president…”