There is a dangerous game being played out at the moment, where the UK Government teeters on the edge of agreeing to let TikTok headquarter in London.
Superficially, you can understand why TikTok, the Chinese social media app, wants to relocate to Britain.
In the last week, the sight of boats filled with migrants trying to cross the Channel has dominated the media, as have the Home Secretary’s legitimate efforts to stop them.
Sir Iain Duncan Smith joined campaigners opposing the development of 40 flats on the North Chingford Assembly Hall and Library, which would totally change the character of the area for the worse and set a precedent for further high rise buildings.
Sir Iain said:
To celebrate individuals, organisations and businesses that have ‘gone the extra mile’ to support their communities during lockdown, I’m asking you to nominate your ‘Community Champion’.
www.idscovid19.info/community-champions/
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Sir Iain Duncan Smith is backing local residents to call on Redbridge Council to re-establish a footpath as a public right of way after it blocked off by a private landowner.
This vital footpath as been in use by local residents since at least 1866.
Something remarkable happened yesterday. The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, having arrived in the UK the evening before, chose to meet a group of MPs before holding talks with the Government.
The UK’s dependence on China for products and, worryingly, the systems on which we rely and which in time will run so much of our lives is only now becoming apparent.
The Communist Party of China has passed a National Security Law for Hong Kong, which stands in direct violation of its obligations under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Hong Kong government's commitments as a signatory of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
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At last the Government has decided to start the process of unlocking the economy. The announcement by Boris Johnson on Tuesday was good news for us all.
Critically, there has been a change in messaging around the two-metre social-distancing rule.
