Jaya Pathak

History has been made. The UK has never recognised a genocide whilst it’s occurred, but our parliamentarians recognised the #UyghurGenocide today. Still a long way to go but it is a true privilege to support the #Uyghurs.

Ahead of a @houseoflords debate on September 4th on @Humanrightsctte report on modern day slavery and supply chains, see 3 important @UKParliament replies from @RTHondavehanson @jstockwood & @JennyChapman about the continuing failure to publish shipping manifest data to identify slave made goods ; the important work of Prof.@LauraTMurphy on utilising shipping, rail and road data & the disturbing @FinancialTimes findings of @alisonkilling ; and Ministers’ awaited response to the Responsible Business Conduct Review. publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5901/jtse… @theresa_may @LordSpeaker @CommonsSpeaker @HouseofCommons @UKHouseofLords @UyghurCongress @MahmutRahima @plantsbloke @bbcworldservice @jayapathak_ @ipacglobal @Anti_Slavery @UKAntiSlavery @SecRubio @iguangcheng @edwardlucas @patrickwintour @sophiealichurch @ShabanaMahmood @EdwardJDavey @KemiBadenochHQ @aliciakearns @TomTugendhat @Nus_Ghani @SkyNews @afneil @Jacob_Rees_Mogg @MichaelPolakLaw @FraserNelson @CharlesHMoore @ChrisLawSNP @BrendanOHaraMP @ArleneFosterUK @FortifyRights “You cannot say you did not know” - William Wilberforce

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Our #ThreeLions’ best finish at a @FIFAWorldCup since 1966 🥉

The #ThreeLions' best-ever World Cup finish on foreign soil 👊

During Sir Keir Starmer's final trip as PM to Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded Starmer the Order of Freedom honour, which is the highest award for a foreign person in Ukraine. It comes as Starmer pledges €300m to fund fighter jets. trib.al/dfr83EP

We are completely heartbroken that our dream ends here, but so proud of this group, our staff and you – our amazing fans. Your support in North America and back home has been nothing short of incredible. Thank you.

Lovely exchange between Keir and Kemi. Hope we continue to see this across the political divide.

The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill must include a vital safeguard: no data-sharing with countries that deny fair trials. With @MPIainDS's anti-transnational repression amendment set to return in the Lords, @natalieben is urging this crucial protection to be adopted👇

EXCL: Keir Starmer has become first UK PM to be presented with Légion d’honneur by French president, in recognition of his work on security of Europe. Emmanuel Macron awarded the historic honour to Starmer for his l'ship in setting up coalition of the willing at a critical moment for the continent in early 2025. Only other British PM to receive a similar award – at a higher level, the Grand-Croix of the Légion d’honneur – was Winston Churchill in 1958 in recognition of his leadership during the second world war. theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

Novara foreign policy summed up👇🏽

Novara Media hack is genuinely trying to argue that the organisation that funds, trains and arms Hezbollah, the Houthis and the PMUs isn’t a terrorist organisation. Dangerous stupidity and an abhorrent whitewashing of a group that has carried out terrorist attacks on UK soil.

I’m in Paris for my final meeting of the Coalition of the Willing. I’m proud to have worked with @EmmanuelMacron to bring 25 nations together, united in support of Ukraine and European security. Today, we stand stronger than ever. Our message remains clear: Ukraine's security is our security.

Today, a years-long battle against the Chinese mega-embassy hits the High Court. IPAC is delighted to have organised and supported this Judicial Review. Thank you to the residents, civil society groups, and cross-party coalition for joining the fight.

"The price of inaction is higher than the price of action." 🇩🇪 Co-Chair @jbvolkmann calls for tariffs on Chinese products, as Germany loses over 10,000 industrial jobs a month due to subsidised 🇨🇳 competition. faz.net/aktuell/politi…

❗️🇨🇳 Mega-embassy judicial review hearings tomorrow and Wednesday. Here's what to expect: 1⃣ It would be fairly normal to lose at this stage (administrative court), and then to appeal. A case of this significance naturally points towards to the higher courts. However: 2⃣ The case for the claimants (Royal Mint Court Residents Association @StopTheEmbassy) is strong, and the judge, Lady Justice Lieven, has a reputation for robustly defending the rule of law. 3⃣ Everything is arguable in the law, and nobody should be over-confident in litigation. We don't know which way this is going to go, but we are hopeful. 4⃣ We also don't know when to expect the judgment. Could be a while. The judiciary recess may delay it. 5⃣ The grounds have been set out in some detail in the press, but our ground 1, which addresses enforceability, is a real problem for the government. See the 📸 below, which is a transcription of the letter Boris Johnson sent to Wang Yi in 2018, which, by the way, the UK government refused to release (got a copy anyway). This clearly indicates that diplomatic consent was given in 2018, at which point, under UK law, inviolability attached to the land. To be clear: Royal Mint Court has been inviolable Chinese government land since 2018, which creates major headaches for the enforceability of conditions agreed in the subsequent planning application. 6⃣ If we lose, we will appeal. If the Government loses, I don't know what they will do. A part of me suspects that they hope we will win, so they can blame us in discussions with the Chinese side. This won't work, however, because the CCP does not understand why Ministers simply couldn't make the mega embassy happen for them, and were totally flummoxed by our processes, especially the humiliation of being rejected unanimously by Tower Hamlets Council the first time they applied. Beijing will blame the Government, and you can confidently predict that they will try to punish the UK in the event that their geopolitical ambition is frustrated by a merry band of Tower Hamlets residents and @ipacglobal 7⃣I won't set out all the other grounds here, but will underline that this case will be decided on planning merits alone. That means that geopolitical issues will barely feature. We are trying to establish that the Government acted unlawfully in approving the mega embassy. We had to excise our grounds which alleged that other matters had been taken into account in determining this application (clearly proven by Boris' letter below, IMO, but proving that in court would have entailed costly disclosure hearings). The Government has endless money to deploy, we don't. 8⃣ That said, with the help of superb dissident organisations and ordinary Brits, we managed to raise 215k, and I personally raised more to ensure we have enough to fight this case with the best counsel available. It's incredible to think of the thousands of hours of effort we and the residents have had to put in to defend the UK from this monstrous idea, which would be a disaster for UK national security, and project CCP power to the whole of Europe. I'll try to keep you posted from the courtroom, with the usual caveats surrounding restrictions.

If Richard Gere had shut up about the CCP and Tibet, he would not have found himself cancelled in Hollywood, where Chinese investment holds huge sway. Respect for his principled and long-standing defence of a persecuted people.

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🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ Jude is exactly who he thinks he is!!!!

China’s missile test marks a dangerous escalation in the Pacific, underscoring Beijing's strategy to project power beyond the first island chain and weaponise dependencies for geopolitical coercion. IPAC members across 24 countries stand united in condemnation: