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UK: Spy Charges Dropped Over Failure to Label China a Threat
Above: Keir Starmer at the UK Labour Party annual conference in Liverpool, England, on Sept. 30, 2025. Image copyright: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg/Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
Britain's security apparatus has been catastrophically compromised by decades of appeasing China while Beijing's agents operate freely within Parliament itself. The collapse of espionage charges against two suspected Chinese spies represents a complete failure of leadership that prioritizes diplomatic convenience over national security.
Pro-China narrative
The dropped espionage charges expose the entire "China threat" narrative as manufactured political theater designed to damage bilateral relations. After two years of investigation, prosecutors couldn't produce evidence because these men were innocent victims of anti-China hysteria that serves no purpose except sabotaging cooperation.