Spy agency MI6 set to appointment first female boss branded ‘sympathetic to China' by critics
A WOMAN is set to take charge of MI6 for the first time in the Secret Intelligence Service's history.
Interviews took place last week and the final three candidates were all women, The Sunday Times reports.
However, the appointment is controversial because critics say the runaway favourite for the job is too sympathetic to China.
She was dubbed 'Beijing Barbara' in Whitehall because she was reluctant to speak out about the Chinese regime as ambassador in Beijing between 2015 and 2020.
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