Re: Williamson sacked over Huawei leak
Posted: 28 Jan 2020, 22:25
This time the Huawei decision was leaked well in advance (to muffle the response to the official release, I guess) by the 'official' channels... so no sackings.
It is interesting that Chinese involvement in nuclear power, on the table not that long ago. was not raising such debates (undoubtedly it helped that the French had been caught cheating on the safety aspects; and may be we did not consider 'a' Russian offer).
Tugendhat's sovereignty comment, though, got echoes from the other side of the Atlantic.
" Republican senator Tom Cotton declaring “I fear London has freed itself from Brussels only to cede sovereignty to Beijing.” And the condemnation was cross-party, with Democrat congressman Ruben Gallego attacking “this penny pinching action”, adding “our special relationship with the UK has to be reconsidered in light of this.”
Nevermind; I would be more concerned about risk assessments done as what Waugh Zone picked up sounds a bit too self-congratulatory:
“Our world leading cyber security experts know more about Huawei than any country on earth, and are satisfied that any risk can be managed,” a senior Whitehall source said today.
It is interesting that Chinese involvement in nuclear power, on the table not that long ago. was not raising such debates (undoubtedly it helped that the French had been caught cheating on the safety aspects; and may be we did not consider 'a' Russian offer).
Tugendhat's sovereignty comment, though, got echoes from the other side of the Atlantic.
" Republican senator Tom Cotton declaring “I fear London has freed itself from Brussels only to cede sovereignty to Beijing.” And the condemnation was cross-party, with Democrat congressman Ruben Gallego attacking “this penny pinching action”, adding “our special relationship with the UK has to be reconsidered in light of this.”
Nevermind; I would be more concerned about risk assessments done as what Waugh Zone picked up sounds a bit too self-congratulatory:
“Our world leading cyber security experts know more about Huawei than any country on earth, and are satisfied that any risk can be managed,” a senior Whitehall source said today.