The Dalai Lama was in London on Monday and met his old friend (and Spectator contributor) Jonathan Mirsky. Time was when he could expect to see the British Prime Minister too – but Beijing was furious that David Cameron met him three years ago and outrageously demanded that the Prime Minister apologise for it. Cameron did what Beijing wanted. He said in public that he had ‘no plans’ to meet the Dalai Lama again. Such was his hunger for Chinese deals, which has been on full inglorious display in George Osborne’s giant kowtow in China this week.
Jonathan has known the Dalai Lama for 35 years, and asked him what he’d have said to David Cameron if No10 had not forced him into the wilderness. His reply was astonishing. ‘Money, money, money. That’s what this is about. Where is morality?’ As ever, his remarks were brief – but incredibly forceful, and we’ve led the magazine on them this week.
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