In their YouTube series, “Let’s Talk”, Green Bean Media discussed with me my love of Hong Kong and its people. Their team of Martin Broughton, Gloria Chan, and distinguished veteran journalist, Steve Vines – the longest serving British journalist in Hong Kong – covered a range of key questions. We discussed Mao’s Cultural Revolution; dictatorship v democracy; the destruction of one country, two systems; human rights @HumanRightsCtte and transnational repression – bounties on @Chloe_chc_25 & @carmenkamanlau ; the imprisonment of pro democracy advocates such as Jimmy Lai; the faith and example of Martin Lee & @CardJosephZen and more besides.
King’s Speech Debate 2026 – Government accused of dependency on dictatorships and urgent need to strengthening resilience -Putin’s War in Ukraine, Uyghur Genocide, North Korea’s crimes against humanity, Iran, Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai. CCP persecution of religious minorities and pro democracy advocates. Call for the implementation of the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Human Rights on slave labour, universal jurisdiction and transnational repression. Also: unabridged version of speech.
On June 4th there will be a full House of Lords...