
Gavin Williamson’s cheerful goodbye
When the former defence secretary Gavin Williamson was fired from his position on Wednesday, for allegedly leaking information related to Huawei, China hawks in the Cabinet lost a key ally in their fight against the company’s involvement in the UK 5G network. The defence secretary was said to be one of five Cabinet ministers against Huawei’s bid, with Jeremy Hunt, Liam Fox, Sajid Javid and Penny Mordaunt also allegedly wary of the company’s closeness to the Chinese state, and the possibility it could use the network to spy on UK citizens. But while they may have been disappointed to lose another voice in Cabinet against the Chinese telecoms behemoth, elsewhere in
