A TORY MP freed from Chinese sanctions says it is a hollow victory for Keir Starmer from his visit to Beijing.
The PM boasted of his diplomatic breakthrough as President Xi Jinping agreed to lift restrictions on Tom Tugendhat, Iain Duncan Smith and two other British politicians.
But writing in today’s Sun on Sunday, Mr Tugendhat said China was still guilty of human rights abuses and widespread spying.
And the ex-Security Minister has vowed to continue to speak out against the oppressive one-party regime.
He said: “Starmer may have secured a symbolic gesture that allows him to pose for photographs and claim progress but it is hollow.
“It is Beijing offering a token concession, while the threats haven’t changed.”
Tugendhat has also described Keir Starmer’s trip to Beijing was a surrender not a breakthrough.
He says: “Starmer gave away the mega-embassy that will put a red flag over the Royal Mint and threaten our underground cables.
“He turned a blind eye to a decade of cyber attacks, bullying and violence against British nationals born in Hong Kong who have moved to the UK for safety.
“And what did he get for all that? Nothing. Well, nothing for us.
“Instead of hard results, Starmer rushed to hail a so-called ‘breakthrough’: China lifting sanctions on four sitting British MPs, including me.
“Let me be clear about what those sanctions were – nothing.”
