If the Parliamentary researcher accused of being a Chinese spy is truly undercover, this could be a 'huge own goal' by Beijing, Andrew Marr has claimed.
"We just don't know and MPs were warned today not to discuss details of the case in Parliament - but if this gregarious and well-connected man was a Chinese spy then this is a level of penetration of the British establishment almost as serious as - well, the notorious East German Stasi spy who got himself appointed personal assistant to the German Chancellor in the Cold War days.
Andrew added: "This afternoon, it struck me that perhaps Chinese intelligence has been responsible for a huge own goal. In the Commons, The cabinet minister Oliver Dowden sounded more hostile about Chinese influence than I can remember from the front bench for some time.
"China, they said, had penetrated every aspect of the British economy, and presented an existential challenge to liberal democracy." "Dowden listed all the things the government has been doing, from stripping Huawei out of Communications systems to the Tiktok ban for MPs and the closure of undercover Chinese police stations in Britain. But the question is, how far can we really go?
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