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Repeated Whitehall requests for China to reverse the embargo have been snubbed.
The UK side now believes the real reason for stubborness is Chinese grudge-bearing over Hong Hong.
Boris Johnson is allowing as many as five million Hong Kongers to come to Britain on new special visas after creeping Chinese encroachment on their freedoms.
A government insider involved in the row told The Sun: "This really boils down to geopolitics, particularly Hong Kong.
"China is upset that we've dared to welcome the Hong Kong people to our country and they're cross with us.
"The pork is just collateral damage."
Ministers are angry as it's exacerbating the abattoir staffing crisis that's seen thousands of pigs needlessly culled.
While pork sent to China is easily sliced into several slabs, ones for British shops need to be finely cut into chops and bacon rashers meaning butchers are toiling for longer.
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The General Administration of Customs China has stonewalled requests from both Whitehall's Food and Trade departments to scrub the three meat factories in Norfolk, Ashton-under-Lyne and Angus in Scotland from their blacklist.
Sam Armstrong of the Henry Jackson Society said: "The Chinese Communist Party is clearly looking for any and all opportunities to punish Britain following our brave decision to welcome Hong Kong heroes for democracy to our shores.
"Politicians must not be swayed by Chinese aggression and continue to champion our values as the CCP seeks to undermine them."
PRINCE Charles turned down a protest with Greta Thunberg and thousands of others climate warriors yesterday – as he pleaded with chiefs to save the planet for his grandchildren.
The King-to-be ended a packed week of events in Glasgow by hauling in negotiators from around the world to another glitzy reception at Kelvingrove Art Gallery.
AFPPrince Charles said it would have been 'difficult' to have joined the protest[/caption]
He revealed he'd been invited to protest on the streets with activists, but said it would be "difficult" to do so.
Up to 20,000 young eco activists marched through the city centre yesterday demanding leaders deliver on their promises to tackle climate change.
And Prince Charles told top deal-brokers that he feared his grandchildren George, Charlotte and Louis would be furious with him if he failed to act to secure their future.
As chiefs stopped to take progress after a week of crunch talks at the COP26 gathering, he told them: "The whole weight of history rests on you this time round.
"There is a lot of anger and frustration out there.
"There's a big march tomorrow, which some people have said I should join, but that's more difficult.
"The point is, please don't forget these people out there, don't forget that it is their future, I promise you, that you hold in your hands."
He blasted generations of leaders who have failed to take action "until far too late in the day."
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And he said: "We haven't paid enough attention for so long, and we've fallen so far behind that we have an enormous task to catch up on."
Staring the negotiators in the eye he said: "One of the things that motivated me more than anything else is that I didn't want to be accused by my grandchildren or children of not doing the things that needed doing at the time."
Meanwhile former Vice President Al Gore praised the strikers, as he vowed the world is at a "long-awaited political tipping point".
But he warned the climate crisis is getting worse "faster than we are yet implementing solutions", as he said more political will is needed to tackle the problem.
Today the UK joins 45 governments in a fresh vow to protect nature and try to keep the vital 1.5 degrees C warming goal alive to mark nature day at the summit.
Ministers announced a fresh £500million boost to protect five million hectares of tropical rainforests and create thousands of green jobs across Africa, Asia and Latin America – the equivalent to around 3.5million football pitches.
Around one-quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, forestry and other land-use.
And the CEOs of Co-Op, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose vowed to speed up their commitments to put eco-friendly labels on food and make sure as much packaging as possible is biodegradable or fully recyclable.
And young people are growing up feeling the most anxious about the state of the planet as world teams try to agree a Glasgow deal to save it, the ONS said.
Teen preacher Greta told crowds last night: "The leaders are doing nothing" as she lashed out at the progress made during the weeks conference so far.
COP26 has been a "global greenwash festival", a "failure" and a "PR exercise".
She added: "A two-week long celebration of business as usual and blah, blah, blah."
PAGreta Thunberg inspired 20,000 young eco activists to march through Glasgow[/caption]
A RECORD 853 migrants made it to Britain in small boats in a single day — triggering a huge new row with France.
The unwanted milestone came as Home Secretary Priti Patel handed over the first instalment of £54million for the French to stem the tide.
LNPRecord 853 migrants made it to Britain in small boats in a single day, despite Priti Patel handing over to France the first instalment of £54million[/caption] PAWhitehall insiders accused Paris of 'diverting political resources' away from the fight against traffickers to the fishing row[/caption]
Critics said it was shocking so many trip took place in November as Channel crossings become more dangerous.
Three migrants have died attempting to make it to the UK this week.
Government insiders claim that French officials are too busy arguing over Brexit fishing licences to stop small boats departing their coastline for England.
The Home Office yesterday confirmed 853 migrants arrived on Wednesday. Whitehall insiders accused Paris of "diverting political resources" away from the fight against traffickers to the fishing row.
A source said: "It means the French system isn't as focused on this as it should be. They seem to have lost control of their own shoreline and they can't provide rational explanations of what they are trying to do to stop it.
"It does seem now they are actively playing politics with people's lives."
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Last week France backed down over threats to disrupt our trawlers and energy supplies. British scallop trawler Cornelis Gert Jan was detained for a week accused of fishing without a licence.
This week we started paying instalments of £54million to help stem the flow of small boats. French officials last month whined they hadn't received cash.
The source added: "They moaned when we hadn't sent it, and now we have sent some they still haven't got the act together. They need to demonstrate how they are using it properly."
The landings on Wednesday smashed the previous highest daily tally of 828 migrants on August 21 this year.
The new record means 21,051 have arrived so far in 2021 — dwarfing the 8,410 who made the treacherous trip last year.
Yesterday the Home Office also said French authorities prevented 975 migrants crossing between Tuesday and Thursday.
This is not just tragic, it is wholly avoidable if the French stepped up to the plate and stopped boats leaving in the first place.
MP Natalie Elphicke
Dover and Deal MP Natalie Elphicke slammed the French for not doing more.
She said: "Month after month lives are being lost in the English Channel. This is not just tragic, it is wholly avoidable if the French stepped up to the plate and stopped boats leaving in the first place.
"Traffickers will continue to ply their disgusting trade while they are able to do so. It is the responsibility of all civilised countries to put a stop to it."
There were no crossings on Thursday or yesterday as the weather worsened. On Wednesday the Isle of Inishmore ferry heading from Dover to Calais picked up 13 desperate migrants from a sinking boat. Ms Patel is under increasing pressure to get a grip on the crisis.
In 2019 she promised to make crossings an "infrequent phenomenon" by spring 2020 and then pledged in August last year to "make this route unviable". Labour's shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said: "This is a catastrophic failure by the Home Secretary. There is no time to waste on yet more empty promises."
Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council, which supports migrants, said: "These tragic deaths are truly shocking and should make the government urgently rethink its approach."
AlamyChannel ferry picks up boat migrants[/caption] Chris EadesBrit trawler is held in port of Le Havre[/caption] LNPMigrants come ashore at Dungeness in Kent, escorted by border officials[/caption]
TORY party chiefs were locked in a Bonfire Night war of words as fireworks flew over who was to blame for the disastrous Owen Paterson U-turn.
Boris Johnson and his Chief Whip Mark Spencer, as well as Commons leader Jacob Rees Mogg, were all slammed by MPs and ministers over the sleaze saga.
AlamyBoris Johnson's Tory party has been rocked by in-fighting over the Paterson scandal[/caption]
Yesterday the disgraced MP formally quit the Commons paving the way for a testy by-election in North Shropshire.
But back in Westminster class war erupted, with the 2019 intake of Tory MPs said to be particularly angry at being ordered through the division lobbies to try to delay Mr Paterson's 30 day suspension over breaching lobbying rules.
One said: "All the toffs versus towns stuff is back. The 2019 intake is very different from the country-gent old guard, and we find it very patronising when told what to do by them."
Tensions peaked on Wednesday night with one newbie MP calling the embattled Mr Paterson a four letter word to his face.
And there were bitter blows traded at the very top of Government after allies of the ex-Cabinet Minister said the doomed amendment to re-model Commons rules was written "at the heart of No10".
In a day of claim and counterclaim, Downing Street sources rejected that and instead pointed the finger of blame at Jacob Rees Mogg for conjuring up the plan.
But the Commons leader's allies insisted he had the full support and blessing of Mr Johnson to try find a way to save Mr Paterson – saying he "served only at the Prime Minister's pleasure."
However anger boiled over, with one minister branding Mr Rees-Mogg's amendment "fatally flawed" as opposition parties immediately refused to cooperate.
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They told The Sun: "Just because you can speak Latin and know your Tudor history it doesn't make you some master strategist."
And there was anger aimed at Chief Whip Mark Spencer for "overselling the level of support Paterson had in the party" and pressurising the PM to back the extraordinary effort to save the doomed ex-Cabinet Minister.
Last night Downing Street were also under-fire for refusing to formally rule out giving Mr Paterson a peerage.
However one insider said a gong was "never going to happen."
