Chinese (Communist) infiltration of the UK

[BowdonUK]

The weakness China exploits is our money hungry politicians that will sell their soul for half a million. Just like they sold out our industrial base decades ago.

Our political elite think its one big gravy train (we've seen recent evidence of this with the Downing Street parties).

 

[Freakbro]

The Conservative party has significant funding by Russian Oligarchs, some with links to the Kremlin and some from individuals with international sanctions, which I'm sure they are doing for altruistic reasons and with all the best intentions of our country at heart.

As a country we need to look at all foreign influence on our political system through party funding.

 

[Hagar]

The Conservative party has significant funding by Russian Oligarchs, some with links to the Kremlin and some from individuals with international sanctions, which I'm sure they are doing for altruistic reasons and with all the best intentions of our country at heart.

As a country we need to look at all foreign influence on our political system through party funding.

Agreed, with particular emphasis on both Russia And China. I am sure that the Russians are mainly interested in the more successful of the political parties as they used to have close links with Labour in the past as well.

 

[jpaul]

Russia apart from their gas/novacheck, doesn't have fingers in UK infrastructure projects (huawei/nuclear/hs2/batteries/chips) with cyber impact,
so even if they have property money in the uk, they're comparatively benign, and NATO will help with Ukraine.

 

[loftie]

The Conservative party has significant funding by Russian Oligarchs, some with links to the Kremlin and some from individuals with international sanctions, which I'm sure they are doing for altruistic reasons and with all the best intentions of our country at heart.

As a country we need to look at all foreign influence on our political system through party funding.

Conservatives face questions over fundraiser attended by Chinese agent Christine Lee - The Times

The Conservative Party faces questions about a £45,000 fundraising event, attended by Boris Johnson and the alleged Chinese agent Christine Lee.

The dinner, in 2018, was organised by Alex Yip, a Conservative candidate at the 2019 general election and a close associate of Lee, 58, who has been accused by MI5 of infiltrating parliament on behalf of the Communist Party. The dinner aimed to raise funds for the upcoming elections. Johnson was then the foreign secretary.

About as much as you can see without a sub! Looks like they're covering all options.

 

[Tony Edwards]

The Tories were all over this from the start.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...istine-Lee-hid-plain-sight-Communist-spy.html

Three years ago, Christine Lee received a special award from then prime minister Theresa May in recognition of her pioneering work in fostering close relations between China and Britain.

It was a landmark moment in the life of the 58-year-old entrepreneur, who arrived in Britain from Hong Kong as a child.

She duly posed for pictures outside No 10 Downing Street, the iconic black door draped with red banners celebrating a ‘Golden Era’ in relations between the two nations.

The symbolism of the image was impossible to miss: Lee had reached the heart of Britain’s Establishment and was being embraced by it.

In a personal letter, Mrs May said – in words that now seem hopelessly naïve – ‘I wish you well in your work to further the participation of British-Chinese people in the UK political system.’

For yesterday the smartly dressed, dark-haired Lee was unmasked by our domestic security service MI5 as a Chinese Communist Party agent ‘engaged in political interference’ of MPs on both the Left and Right of the political spectrum.