Alicia Kearns, foreign affairs select committee chair, launches blistering attack on former prime minister
The Conservative chair of the foreign affairs select committee has launched a blistering attack on Liz Truss over the former prime minister’sAlicia Kearns said she thought Truss’s trip planned for next week was little more than a vanity project aimed at keeping her profile high after herTruss is planning to travel to show “solidarity” with the Taiwanese people amid aggression from Beijing.
She added that the trip was likely to make life harder for the Taiwanese people, who already have to live with a higher level of Chinese military action on their doorstep after thedispatching warships and military jets“It is deeply unhelpful because it escalates the normal situation in Taiwan,” Kearns said. “Taiwanese people already have to live with more Chinese military manoeuvres because of Nancy Pelosi’s visit.
A spokesperson for Truss hit back saying: “The former prime minister has been invited to visit by the
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