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...Sir Iain Duncan Smith, former Tory leader, said Britain risked becoming “even more dependent on China”....
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...Duncan Smith told the Financial Times: “The UK government has been very weak on China....
...George Parker Yes, I agree....
...“But the likes of Iain Duncan Smith are never going to be satisfied until China is cut out of every aspect of British life — which is completely unrealistic.”...
...Although Duncan Edwards, chief executive of trade body BritishAmerican Business, whose members include Amazon, Microsoft and BP, said: “In the USA, this latest news has not really resonated....
...Robert Jenrick, a former cabinet minister, led the opposition in the House of Commons, with Sir Iain Duncan Smith, a former Tory leader, adding his voice to those claiming it would be “bizarre” to have “...
...It was also a shame that the young singers had few opportunities to shine vocally, though Veena Akama-Makia, a Jette Parker Artist, showed a voice of potential and there was decent support from Edmund Danon...
...The letter to Hunt was organised by the Conservative Way Forward group and signed by senior Tories including former cabinet ministers Dame Priti Patel, Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg and Sir Iain Duncan Smith....
...The group of MPs includes the former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, Alicia Kearns, chair of the foreign affairs select committee, Robert Courts, chair of the Commons defence committee, and former minister...
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...Sir Iain Duncan Smith, former Conservative leader, suggested a legal limit on the participation of trans athletes in women and girls’ competitive sports....
...Additional reporting by George Parker in London...
...Duncan Smith told the Financial Times: “It seems astonishing to me that a government minister is visiting Hong Kong after the Chinese trashed the Sino-British Agreement.”...
...Letter in response to this article: NatWest could have done the right thing on Farage / From Daniel Godfrey, Former Chief Executive, The Investment Association, London N5, UK...
...His counterpart over the border in North Yorkshire, Tory hopeful Keane Duncan, has promised to buy Scarborough’s dilapidated Grand Hotel....
...Cleverly will become the most senior British minister to visit Beijing since before the Covid-19 pandemic, to the anger of Conservative critics including former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, who claims...
...Stockan’s view was backed by another councillor, Duncan Tullock, who said the area was “living off crumbs” after a series of broken promises from the mainland....
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...Duncan Smith, a leading critic of Beijing, has called on Sunak to take a much tougher stance, saying the government is engaged in a “project kowtow”....
...George Parker Everybody is spying on everybody else. Miranda Green Your cover’s pretty deep, George. George Parker Thanks very much....
...Duncan McGinty, former leader of Sedgemoor council, said new housing was “a sign of a vibrant economy”....
...Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Iain Duncan Smith were among the Tories who voted against the so-called Windsor framework, alongside the eight MPs of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist party....
...Duncan Edwards, chief executive of the BritishAmerican Business group, said the Atlantic declaration was “laudable” but warned it only signalled “intent rather than actual agreement” on many of the issues...
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