Can we all calm down about the Chinese spying allegations?

Hawkish Tory MPs have seized on the parliamentary spy’ scandal to advance their own agenda.

They have treated the China spy allegations as proof of the profound enmity of China .

We shouldn’t be relaxed about potential breaches to national security.

Perhaps Chinese secret agents really have infiltrated British institutions.

But so far there’s very little evidence to suggest that.

The arrested researcher at the centre of the current furore hardly seems like a potential threat to national.

This confected panic about CCP espionage is doubly absurd, writes Tim Black .

During the 2000s and early 2010s , ministers were constantly flashing important documents to photographers.

In 2015 , officials even had to warn politicians to ensure nothing they take out of No10 is visible.

With politicians as careless as this, who needs spies?.