End of the UK-China 'Golden Era'?: George Osborne Interview
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Questions continue following the arrest of a parliamentary researcher on suspicion of spying for China. The man, who has not been charged, has today insisted that he is ‘completely innocent’.
We are joined by George Osborne to discuss how the government should engage with Beijing. The former chancellor also gives his thoughts on Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer’s prospects in the next general election.
Wilko will close all 400 of its shops after a rescue deal for the chain fell through. The BBC’s Colletta Smith and Nadine Houghton, the GMB’s National Officer, speak to Adam about how this came about and the consequences for the chain’s 12,500 staff.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Hello and please welcome back to the UK |
| 0:07.0 | after a real like flying visit to India |
| 0:09.3 | with the Prime Minister and, well, |
| 0:11.0 | 19 plus other world leaders, Chris Mason. |
| 0:13.5 | Hello, I'm thinking I should do one of those series, |
| 0:15.7 | 48 hours in, dot, dot, dot. |
| 0:18.3 | And then you could put a secure zone |
| 0:20.6 | full of police officers and roadblocks |
| 0:23.0 | and it's impossible to get around anywhere |
| 0:24.6 | or indeed see the place for how it normally is. |
| 0:27.2 | And I was told that the Indian authorities closed down |
| 0:29.8 | all the bars and restaurants |
| 0:31.2 | in central Delhi for the whole of the G20. |
| 0:33.2 | Yeah, they did. |
| 0:34.0 | And there was no taxis and there was nobody on the roads. |
| 0:36.5 | There was barely anyone on the pavements. |
| 0:38.3 | I think people in and around the summit venues |
| 0:41.6 | that lived there were basically told to kind of stay indoors. |
| 0:45.6 | There was only one point where the minibus that we were in |
| 0:49.6 | that was taking us to a spot where the Prime Minister |
| 0:51.8 | was going kind of went a bit off-paste |
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