Well, this is awkward timing for the oft-suspected tool of the Chinese himself, Keir Starmer.
đ¨ BREAKING: Labour MP Joani Reid's partner, David Taylor, was arrested on suspicion of spying for China pic.twitter.com/sO8mjbwW4R
â Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) March 4, 2026
Chinese influence on British democracy. National security act offenses.
BREAKING: British officials have "formally dĂŠmarched" Chinese counterparts in London and Beijing to raise concerns after the Met arrested three men on suspicion of spying for China.
â Sky News (@SkyNews) March 4, 2026
Security minister Dan Jarvis confirmed the arrests in the Commons.
https://t.co/9NSyxnlxEv pic.twitter.com/c8buW2ka46
David Taylor, who was also a former Labour adviser himself, so well-connected within the Labour Party, is listed on Ms Reid's 'registered interests' as one of many family members who are a 'lobbyist.'
David Taylor, who is Reid's spouse, is listed as a "lobbyist" on her MP registered interests pic.twitter.com/AQxBBVmkuZ
â Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) March 4, 2026
Ms Reid is a member of the Home Affairs Committee. I've just looked up what that is, and...oh, my.
The Home Affairs Committee is a cross-party committee of MPs responsible for scrutinising the work of the Home Office and its associated bodies. It examines government policy, spending and the law in areas including immigration, security, and policing.
Right now, that committee is deeply engrossed in inquiries for 'Harnessing the potential of new digital forms of identification' and 'Border security and irregular migration', among others.
That sounds like something foreign powers would have an ear cocked for.
Naturally, Ms. Reid says she's as shocked as anyone. But she also has nothing to do with her husband's business affairs, so she wouldn't know anything about it.
A former Labour adviser married to a Labour MP is among three men who have been arrested on suspicion of spying for China.
David Taylor, the husband of Labour MP Joani Reid, was arrested by detectives from counter-terrorism policing London on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service, and as part of a wider investigation into national security offences related to China.
They also arrested a 68-year-old man in Powys, Wales, and a 43-year-old man in Pontyclun, Wales. The police have not identified the men, who remain in custody.
Reid, the MP for East Kilbride and Strathaven, who is a member of the home affairs committee, said: âI have never seen anything to make me suspect my husband has broken any law.
âI am not part of my husbandâs business activities and neither I nor my children are part of this investigation, and we should not be treated by media organisations as though we are. Above all I expect media organisations to respect my childrenâs privacy.â
It does seem as if the Mister has that magic touch for miraculous financial windfalls that so many elected officials and their Congressional spouses have acquired here.
Joani Reid partnerâs LLC, Earthcott Capital went from ÂŁ47k in profit to over ÂŁ724k the following year when she was elected to parliament.https://t.co/fG9kxW6DPF pic.twitter.com/tBAy34h0hZ
â Russian warship, go f*** yourself (@JonezinWidJonez) March 4, 2026
It's a great gig if you can get it.
The Missus Reid seems to be a bit of a character herself. She's brand new to that Labour seat, having only won it in 2024 and already been in several rows over her flexible versions of events.
...Reid has hit the headlines a few times since she was elected.
In July 2025, the MP was accused of acting as if âtruth is a variableâ after she told the BBC she had not supported the UK Governmentâs plans to cut billions from welfare . She told the broadcaster she had not supported the initial proposals, but had in fact spoken in support of the UK Governmentâs plans on numerous occasions.
In October last year, Reid was slammed for a âReform-styleâ attack on Glasgow amid a row over asylum seekers.
She attacked the SNP after the partyâs Westminster leader Stephen Flynn said the Home Office is letting Glasgow City Council and residents down. Flynn was referring to the Home Office's âinabilityâ to process asylum applications in a timely manner, and relying on Scotlandâs largest city to house asylum seekers without funding in place.
Her comments prompted outrage after she accused the SNP of choosing to turn Glasgow into a âsanctuary for asylum seekers through their own virtue-signalling policies, and now they want the Home Office to bail them outâ.
She was also criticised for making âirresponsibleâ claims over calls for a grooming gang inquiry and peddling the âsame mistruths as the Toriesâ in September that year.
Reid previously voted down Tory calls in Westminster for a national inquiry into grooming gangs before demanding a Scottish probe, and then accused the SNP and Scottish Greens of an "establishment cover-upâ.
Ms Reid has made sure to claim she's never been to Spai...sorry. China.
But she kinda likes the music, although she has never personally met any 'Chinese businesses' - whatever that means - nor eaten street noodles in a slurpy manner.
She's never asked a single question.
...She added: âI have never been to China. I have never spoken on China or China-related matters in the Commons. I have never asked a question on China-related matters.
âAs far as I am aware I have never met any Chinese businesses whilst I have been an MP, any Chinese diplomats or government employees, nor raised any concern with ministers or anyone else on behalf of, even coincidentally, Chinese interests.â
At the moment, she is not part of the investigation.
As you all probably remember, China is one of those subjects foremost on many Britons' minds thanks to their Prime Minister's seeming enthrallment with the Communist country.
In fact, the PM had just gotten back from a controversial trip to Beijing when he stumbled straight into the Iranian trap.
Gallingly, reports are that Starmer wasn't going to be allowed into China for the visit unless he signed off on the hugely worrisome and controversial mega-embassy the CCP has been retrofitting in the very heart of London's financial district.
Just like with the Chagos Islands, the Prime Minister has been played.
â Kemi Badenoch (@KemiBadenoch) February 2, 2026
China got a new giant Spy Hub right in the centre of London.
The UK got...nothing.
When Keir Starmer negotiates, Britain loses. pic.twitter.com/puJc3SSBOz
So, of course, he did.
That entire trip was a disaster Kier acted bizarre and submissive. The UK got almost nothing for the trip and gave the CCP a massive espionage embassy.https://t.co/lupZGbU1Pz
â Michael Ron Bowling (@mrbcyber) February 2, 2026
And now here is the husband of one of the Labour MPs being frogmarched off because of dealings with China.
Oh, yeah - people are drawing conclusions...and connecting lines.
đ¨ A Labour MPâs partner has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China.
â Zia Yusuf (@ZiaYusufUK) March 4, 2026
Why did Starmer grant approval for a Chinese super-embassy right on top of national critical comms infrastructure?
Why did Mandelsonâs lobbying firm win a lucrative contract with a firm connected withâŚ
...Why did Mandelsonâs lobbying firm win a lucrative contract with a firm connected with the Chinese military?
Why did a Labour MP receive donations from a Chinese spy and employ that spyâs family in his office?
Starmer needs to come clean.
There's a good chance that before the week is through, Starmer is going to wish he were in the Kuwaiti desert.
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