Re: UK Spits Dummy
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Does the ABC really refer to our PM as "Clown Prince Boris Johnson"?
No. What the ABC said was:
Diplomatic tensions over Britain's decision to allow Chinese telco Huawei into its 5G network have boiled over after confidential discussions with Australia about the policy were leaked.
The ABC can reveal the UK's High Commissioner has taken the rare step of writing to the heads of two federal parliamentary committees to formally protest the leak of details of sensitive talks involving Britain's visiting Foreign Secretary.
One of those committees — Parliament's powerful intelligence and security committee — has now cancelled a planned visit to the United Kingdom amid the quickly escalating dispute between the allies.
MPs and senators were due to meet with Britain's security agencies and the UK Parliament's intelligence committee in March and April.
While Australia was quick to exclude Huawei equipment from its 5G network, several major allies including the UK are not convinced that a ban is warranted.
Last week, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab travelled to Canberra on his first international trip since the Brexit process was formally concluded to strengthen trade ties with Australia.
His visit took place just days after Britain became the first of Australia's "five-eyes" intelligence allies to ignore United States warnings to ban Huawei technology from new high-speed wireless networks.
During his Canberra stopover, Mr Raab discussed his Government's controversial Huawei decision in private meetings with members of Federal Parliament's Intelligence and Foreign Affairs Committees.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-...-raab/11967520