The government and institutions of the United Kingdom are not unique, not even in the West, in their submissiveness to Red China. But the Keir Starmer administration has been going all out to prostrate itself.
In a contribution to The Hill, Daniel Kochis gives three examples (October 22, 2025).
● The recent refusal to prosecute two Brits accused of spying on Parliament for China.
“Due to a recent High Court ruling, bringing the case under the Official Secrets Act of 1911 required prosecutors to show that aid was given to an ‘enemy.’ Shockingly, the government refused to provide evidence to prove this designation for China.”
The government’s stated rationale or rationales for this dereliction of duty are obscure. It is, of course, not hard to show that the People’s Republic of China has acted as an enemy of the United Kingdom.
Kochis rattles off a few recent examples of enemy action: “If China’s undisguised assistance in support of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine or Chinese intellectual property theft were not enough to deem it a threat to national security, consider two other recent striking examples. In March 2024, the U.K. government publicly accused China of hacking its electoral commission in 2021 and 2022. Or consider the consistent targeting of key civilian systems by China. In 2024, ministers in the U.K. were even informed that Chinese hackers likely compromised critical infrastructure in the country.”
Only a desire to appease the PRC can explain the Starmer government’s conduct. “If Keir Starmer’s government will ignore such brazen espionage, one must wonder from what else his government is averting its eyes.”
● The willingness to let China build a mega-embassy that can accommodate spying and transnational repression in addition to diplomacy.
In plans submitted to the UK, sections of the proposed embassy are blacked out. Chinese nationals who have escaped to the UK worry that “these areas may be intended to unlawfully detain individuals.”
Also, the location is near “a treasure trove of key information infrastructure: fiber optics cables servicing London financial firms and a telephone exchange serving the city…..
“It is no wonder, then, that Xi Jinping has waded in personally to push for the embassy’s final approval. The Chinese Communist Party even stands accused of pressuring the U.K. government ahead of the decision by repeatedly cutting off the water supply to the British Embassy in Beijing.”
The UK government has deferred a final ruling on China’s application to build the mega-embassy until December 10, 2025. But the fact that the Starmer administration has not already torpedoed the project is a bad sign.
● The relinquishing of the Chagos Islands.
The Labor majority in Parliament has approved a “shockingly self-defeating agreement with Mauritius to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos islands while leasing back the base on Diego Garcia for around $135 million a year. This unforced decision undermines American interests in the region and provides a clear opening for Chinese espionage at a critical outpost in the Indian Ocean.”
Kochis might also have mentioned the invasion of British universities, where the CCP is responsible for “pervasive propaganda, surveillance and censorship.”
What explains all this? A desire for better trade deals and more CCP-conferred grant money? Has China threatened a 21st century Blitz if the UK doesn’t play ball? Have Starmer and other policymakers been replaced by CCP-programmed clones?
Also see:
StoptheCCP.org: “On Courage: Our Ultimate Weapon Against the Chinese Communist Party”
Times Higher Education: “ ‘Pervasive censorship’ at UK campuses in China, claims report”
