Left-wing MP Repeatedly Dodges Questions On Chinese Regime Atrocities

During a discussion of the Chinese threat on LBC Radio Wednesday, Richard Burgon studiously refused to criticize Beijing’s abuses against minorities including Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. Instead, the Labor member of British parliament chided his fellow panelists for saying that the communist state has tentacles around the world.

Burgon was rather too eager to pivot to woke excuses and criticism of United States and other allies of the United Kingdom. He absurdly claimed that criticism of China would “fuel anti-Chinese racism in our society,” and argued that there were “things the government of the United States has done” that were “profoundly” wrong.

Conservative Member of Parliament Tim Loughton and LBC host Ian Dale, repeatedly and unsuccessfully tried to get the Labor MP to comment on the totalitarian Asian regime even on such left-wing issue as 'climate change,' pointing out that more than any other country, China pumps out the most pollution.

Burgon shamelessly dodged the question and finds his way back to criticizing America.

At one point in the discussion, Loughton pointed out that the left-wing MP can safely criticize America without fear of persecution in America, but he cannot utter any criticism of the Chinese regime in China.

When pressed by Dale on whether China is currently committing genocide, Burgon claimed that by asking the question, the LBC host is trying to "create a political storm."

Reacting on Twitter, Benedict Rogers, co-founder and deputy chairman of the Conservative Party’s human rights commission, called out Burgon: “My God, @RichardBurgon – you’re refusing to condemn #UyghurGenocide, destruction of #HongKong’s freedoms, #Tibet repression. Yes, we must totally condemn anti-Chinese racism – as I have said many times. But we cannot confuse criticism of #CCP with racism.”

Burgon was roundly mocked online for his aversion to any criticism of the genocidal Chinese regime.

WATCH the exchange on LBC between MPs Richard Burgon and Tim Loughton.