Talks a good talk on Ukraine, and yet willing to appease China, desperate to do business w it, turning a blind eye to its threats in Taiwan, West Philippine Sea etc.

Horrific message for UKLabGvt to be giving out. if growing the economy is all that matters, why not (re-)establish trade relations with Russia, N Korea, Iran, Afghanistan? The human rights atrocities of these terrorist states are no more than those of China.

The same Peng LiYuan, wife of Dictator Xi, who congratulated & sang for Chinese troops shortly after the Tiananmen Massacre. We should admire her singing in the same way that we would admire Asma Al-Assad or Eva Braun's singing.

Only just got around to doing yesterday’s Daily Puzzle on Chess (‘Play and Learn Online’) app, and it is beautiful.

Merry Christmas to all and pls spare a thought for HK45 & other political prisoners around the world, jailed & separated from their families for their political beliefs by gvts too fragile to handle opinions other than their own.

You'd think there'd be a universal consensus that Taliban's quashing of women's basic rights is 💯% wrong and punitive action must be taken. Unfortunately, on top of insufficient action by most gvts, some are actively befriending Taliban as like-minded terrorist gvts will always stick together.

Ugh, yeah 💯%. Fuck that guy. HIs CCP ties have rightfully been called out in recent yrs, most notably petition asking Oscars to cancel invitation for him to present, that 150k of us signed. We must keep publicising what these ppl are, so everyone knows. In interviews, he has supported intro of NSL

Relaxing surroundings of the Oval, lovely venue for a work event. In contrast to the mental battering of this month. US elec result, Trump’s cabinet picks from hell. Jailing of 45 Hong Kong democrats who did nothing wrong & western gvts’ failure to impose sanctions or other punitive action (incl

Vawongsir on IG. Justice in #HongKong:

Watching the Remembrance ceremony on tv today, remembering the brave men who died to protect our freedoms, seemed particularly relevant at the end of this long hard wk seeing what's happening across the pond.

Photo: Epitaph for British soldiers at Kohima War Cemetery, Manipur, India.