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BORIS JOHNSON said today that there will “effectively be a diplomatic boycott” of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, given that no British ministers or officials will be attending.
The Prime Minister’s statement came after former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith begged him to ensure that Britain follows in the footsteps of the United States by having a full diplomatic boycott of the Games in February.
Mr Johnson told the Commons: “There will be effectively a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
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From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE
Secret consultation documents finally released after the Morning Star’s two-year freedom of information battle show the Home Office misrepresented public opinion, claiming support for policies that most respondents actually strongly criticised as dangerous and unfair, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
