{"id":151160,"date":"2026-05-11T13:12:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=151160"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:12:06","slug":"will-starmers-election-woes-force-a-shake-up-in-the-uks-ties-with-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=151160","title":{"rendered":"Will Starmer\u2019s election woes force a shake-up in the UK\u2019s ties with China?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe ruling Labour Party\u2019s dire results in local and regional elections in the UK late last week had damaged Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s authority and could lead to policy shifts, Chinese experts said.<br \/>\nWhile some in Starmer\u2019s might push for changes in policy towards China, a U-turn on the government\u2019s pro-engagement strategy was unlikely, the observers said, arguing that Britain\u2019s economic position would make this move too costly.<br \/>\nMore than 5,000 seats across 136 English councils and six&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3353179\/will-starmers-election-woes-force-shake-uks-ties-china?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe ruling Labour Party\u2019s dire results in local and regional elections in the UK late last week had damaged Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s authority&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151160"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}