Despite the truly heroic head-in-the-sandism of the Keir Starmer administration—on the verge of approving construction of a mega CCP embassy and spy center that would enjoy easy access to major London data cables—the Chinese Communist Party has not stopped and will not stop its spying within the United Kingdom.
The party-state’s ongoing campaigns include surveilling of Chinese nationals who have fled Hong Kong and now reside in the UK.
Right there in the sand along with the government is the Metropolitan Police Force, or Met; which, however, seems capable of being at least briefly jostled into facing facts.
The story is about how the Met has been “forced into a groveling apology after ignoring complaint over ‘spying near China mega-embassy’ ” (Daily Mail, January 14, 2026).
In a major embarrassment, the Metropolitan Police yesterday said sorry to Hongkonger Alan Dai for not investigating his complaint that suspected Chinese agents photographed him during a protest last February against plans to build Europe’s biggest embassy on the old Royal Mint site.
The force admitted it was wrong to tell Mr Dai the alleged surveillance was not a police matter—despite a national security law making it an offence to assist a foreign intelligence service.
Officers even advised him to contact Hong Kong’s embassy, effectively part of the Chinese state.
After meeting the Met yesterday, Mr Dai said: ‘The police apologised and said they should do better.’
But he added: ‘Us Hongkongers fled to the UK hoping to lead a dignified life in freedom because of our belief in the UK.
‘We are fearful of the tsunami of interference and intimidation about to be unleashed upon the Hongkongers and British alike.’
The last comment is an allusion to the CCP mega embassy that the Starmer administration refuses to block.
The Met has reformed before after having descended into the indefensible. Perhaps it should adopt, enforce, and practice only sane policies to begin with—try that.
