The UK has been urged to boycott the Winter Olympics in 2022, set to be hosted in Beijing. Former Conservative Party leader and Brexiteer Iain Duncan Smith said he could not see how “any self-respecting British citizen could go there to endorse this regime”.
He called for the UK Government to lobby the International Olympic Committee to “boycott” the games and “change the venue”.
He added: “China is dictatorial, aggressive and intolerant.
“From the torture and sterilisation of Uighur Muslims to the smashing of the Sino-British agreement over Hong Kong and the arrests of decent people in Hong Kong under the new National Security Law.”
Rows have broken out between the UK and China in recent months over Hong Kong and Huawei.
If tensions continue to rocket between London and Beijing, it could see royals and the government snub the 2022 event.
Despite no decision understood to have been made, if a boycott was enforced, it could mirror the response to that of the 2018 Russia World Cup – following the Salisbury novichok attack, which Russia denied having any involvement in.
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