Catherine West, the Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Friern Barnet, currently serves as a prominent figure in the UK Foreign Office as the Minister for the Indo-Pacific. Her political career transitioned from local government, where she led Islington Council, to national politics, where she has focused on international relations and social justice. As a Mandarin speaker with significant experience in East Asian affairs, West plays a vital role in shaping the government’s diplomatic approach while navigating the internal dynamics of the Labour Party under Keir Starmer’s leadership.
- Catherine West is the MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet and a Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
- She previously served as the leader of Islington Council for three years before being elected to Parliament in 2015.
- West holds a degree in Social Policy and a Master’s in Chinese Studies, and she is a fluent speaker of Mandarin.
- Her ministerial responsibilities include overseeing the United Kingdom’s relations with China and the broader Indo-Pacific region.
- The profile highlights her background as an Australian-born politician and her long-standing involvement in social housing and human rights advocacy.
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New Labour Prime Minister can do everything Keir Starmer is doing. This pro Keir Starmer supporters are liars and making just excuses. Keir Starmer personally is the most worst horrible hated Prime Minister of UK.
Very poor loser!
You need a coup ,and drag him out ,
Worst PM ever!
Bridget shut up
Everytime a labour speaks they show their low intelligence
Laura Kuenssberg born in Rome does not want to tell the British that Catherine West is Australian born….
Likewise they won't admit that Fiona Bruce is Singapore born.
And so on….latent power from the Empire still steers the BBC
Starmer as everybody knows is 100 percent crap
Chasing 80 year old Vets, Mandy in Washington and clueless in general. Time he went.
Tax the rich, tax royals and tax MAGA pro Trump British billionaires. Reform and their buddy royals and billionaires are destroying UK's economy and UK's liberal democracy. Reform, Reclaim, Conservative and UKIP are becoming far right white supremacist radical Christian Zionist Nazis and they're destroying democracy and media's.
Pack your bags Kier
I have asked Larry the cat to kick PM out now- He can get treatment at the nearest A & E for a sore bottom. He has lost his seat probably due to one of his loyal whips using his whip
If the majority of the country voted for right wing policies – Reform then the answer is not the get rid of Starmer and appoint someone more left wing. But go back and get the economics right. The rhetoric from the left wing candidates about the cost of living crisis will not be solved by further left wing policies. I fear a left wing candidate will be appointed and this will lead to an extreme ring wing party winning in the next election. In this country we make very little in terms of goods. Our main asset are the services created in the square mile of london, If we are not careful the city of london will pick up and go to Frankfurt, Singapore or Malaysia. If you kill that goose that lays the golden egg, then we will have nothing. Keep Starmer and work on economic policy then followed by social policy. But if we get a left winger he or she will bankrupt this country. Appointing some of the candidates is like giving daddy an unlimited gold credit card where he can spend spend spend – offering the world – until you have to pay the statement at the end of the month…….and watch when they come back with words like its not our fault – the system was broken by our predecessor. In the words of Bill – "Its the economics dummy". Personally bill may not have been the most honourable person with his "affairs" but he balanced the economic books by the time he left office. I
would like to see Labour shift to the right economically – or even admit they cant run it and get the help of the Bank of England. Would'nt it be nice if experts actually made and executed economic policies. If they get rid of Starmer it will be the end of the party – and they will deserve it.
The only change I want to see for the whole nation is the immediate removal from office of any politician found to have engaged in corruption or criminal conduct, followed by full prosecution and, where guilt is proven, the severest penalties available under the law. Serious allegations and controversies surrounding senior political figures have profoundly damaged public trust, and many voters must now view the current political class with outright disgust. Loyalty to the party underpins the single most damaging aspect of political discourse in the UK today. Only the party faithful get to enjoy the results of the Machiavellian machinations of political parties that desire to retain power rather than make decisions that benefit every UK citizen.
The utter disdain shown toward the electorate has become impossible to ignore. Large sections of the public no longer believe that cabinet ministers and senior political figures across Parliament are acting in the national interest, nor that existing mechanisms of accountability are functioning effectively. The question that must now be asked is this: where is the constitutional and political machinery capable of removing entrenched criminality, incompetence, cronyism, and self-interest before further damage is done? For many citizens, Westminster increasingly resembles a closed circle of careerists and opportunists, insulated from the consequences of their actions while ordinary people bear the cost. Public confidence will not be restored until accountability and condign punishment become inevitable, swift, transparent, and unavoidable.
At last a Labour MP with a backbone, I’d probably have a very different political view but I can respect courage and integrity.
Here we go again 🙃🙃
Everyone will, happy Mother's Day, this is what I got 😉 Why you laughing at me, I am your CHILD… NO MORE GRANDKID'S 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xypYlpTAF6M
Catherine West will be suspended from the Labour Party.
Surely another Zionist compatible …
Starmer will not go, unless dragged out kicking and screaming.
He. Iooks bewilded,but then he always did .