![]() ![]() ![]() "The local elections showed that the public clearly has no confidence in Sunak or the Conservatives, so it’s time for a general election now." The draft motion reads: "That this House has no confidence in His Majesty's Government.”ĭeploying the party's latest slogan, its leader Sir Ed Davey said: "Time's up for Rishi Sunak and his out-of-touch Conservative government. The party says it is "challenging the government to allow MPs to debate the motion as soon as possible" after the Conservatives lost more than 1,000 councillors in the local elections last week. In a not entirely unprecedented move, the Liberal Democrats have announced they will table a motion of no confidence in the government when parliament returns tomorrow. Her statement is in sharp contrast to Foreign Secretary James Cleverly's remarks in a speech last month in which he argued the UK should engage directly with directly. "Legitimising the Chinese Communist Party's authoritarian takeover or so-called 'comprehensive jurisdiction' is wrong for the UK above all others." "150,000 Hong Kongers have had to seek refuge in our country. She tweeted: "This is ill-judged in the extreme. The ministerial trip is to hold talks on renewing business ties, but Ms Kearns has said it should not go ahead. The government at the time sharply condemned China's actions and created a visa scheme so Hong Kongers could come to Britain. Investment minister Lord Dominic Johnson is set to become the first UK minister to visit the city since China began a crackdown on civil rights.īeijing imposed a national security law on the former British territory in 2020 after protesters took to the streets en masse to voice opposition to China's moves to assert more control over the city. Alicia Kearns, chair of parliament's influential Foreign Affairs Committee, has sharply criticised the government for an upcoming ministerial trip to Hong Kong. ![]()
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