'Could China slaughter the UK economy?' Sophy asks Sir Richard Dearlove, the former MI6 head, if China could "slaughter" the UK's economy. The ex-spook says that while China is the UK's fourth-largest trading partner and could "certainly do damage" to us, the Chinese "are pragmatic" and are "not going to overreact". He points to the "tough line" the UK took on Huawei as a way in which the UK can be strong with China. "You can do these things, and you can do them, let's say firmly," he says. "But maybe a good word is elegantly at the same time…