Prosecutors have dropped charges against Christopher Cash and Christopher Barry, who were accused of spying for China in March 2023. Both men had pleaded not guilty to the charges under the Official Secrets Act. They stood accused of gathering intelligence “calculated to be, might be, or were intended to be, directly or indirectly, useful to an enemy”…
Cash, then a parliamentary bag carrier, was reported at the time to have been involved with Parliament’s China Research Group (CRG). Prosecutors told the Old Bailey this morning “we simply cannot continue to prosecute this case”…
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…”