By Dame Priti Patel

Desperate to escape the plotting and infighting of the Labour parliamentary party, Keir Starmer has gone off to spend a few days in the company of his Chinese Communist Party friends.

Labour’s operation kowtow, with Keir Starmer following in the footsteps of his Chancellor in paying homage to the CCP, has yielded nothing for Britain except showing a humiliating level of weakness.

Starmer may relish the pomp, pageantry and warm embrace given to him by President Xi, but we all see him being played by a dangerous and brutal authoritarian regime desperate to exploit the willingness and desperation of useful idiots.

Let’s be clear: China – along with Russia – is the biggest national security threat Briain faces. As a former Home Secretary, I’ve seen their tactics and the methods they deploy, and it should frighten and concern us all. They undermine our cyber security.

They place spies in the heart of our........

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