Starmer faces a hysterical backlash over new Chinese embassy

While China emerges as an unmistakable superpower, “Great” Britain or the “United” Kingdom increasingly sounds like self-mockery. Much of the UK outside London is threatening to descend into developing-world status. There have been at least a dozen instances of English councils declaring bankruptcy since 2018, while one in four could be insolvent by 2027.
Diplomatically, it turns out the American cousin across the Atlantic thinks nothing of the so-called special relationship, as London…