Sir Keir Starmer wraps up a four-day visit to China on Saturday, attacked by Donald Trump for his “dangerous” liaison with Beijing, dubbed “Sir Kowtow” in the right-wing press and accused by opponents of coming away with little to show for his schmoozing.
Amid tight security and surrounded by aides carrying burner phones, Starmer even ended the trip being asked whether he had been advised to get dressed under the duvet to avoid spy cameras in his room. “No I wasn’t, and I didn’t,” he exclaimed.
Facing a threatened Labour Party insurrection at home, did the prime minister — dubbed by critics “never here Keir” — ever wonder whether this trip was worth it? Starmer was adamant: repairing relations with China was firmly in the national interest.
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