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Johnson's remarks in Italy broke a longstanding UK diplomatic convention not to criticise Saudi Arabia in public.

"We are working to lay the foundations for a longstanding relationship between UK production companies and Chinese buyers and broadcasters," said John McVay, chief executive of Pact, which represents the independent television production sector.

A government spokesperson said: "It is the longstanding policy of successive UK governments not to comment on intelligence operations.

With confidence shaky in the UK's longstanding European trading partners, businesses have been looking to emerging economies, particularly China, for new opportunities.

Ministers have denied that GCHQ does the NSA's "dirty work" and have pointed to the US and UK's longstanding intelligence-sharing relationship.

"Speaking from my own longstanding connection to the UK with films like Raiders of the Lost Ark, Empire of the Sun and recently War Horse, it's very exciting to be heading back".

There's a longstanding principle in the UK (under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act) that after a given period of time, many criminal convictions are "spent" - that is, need not be referred to in seeking a job, getting insurance or in civil proceedings.

A Home Office spokesman said: "As a matter of longstanding policy and practice the UK will neither confirm nor deny whether an extradition request has been made or received until such time as a person is arrested in relation to that request".

Replacing the existing benefits system with a "citizen's income" paid to everybody in the UK is a longstanding Green policy.

The US embassy in Tripoli noted on 23 August 2009: "Rumours that Blair made linkages between Megrahi's release and trade deals have been longstanding among embassy contacts … the UK ambassador in Tripoli categorically denied the claims".In February this year UK diplomats told the US they were fretting about the prospect of an eventual hero's funeral for Megrahi.

The US embassy in Tripoli noted on 23 August 2009: "Rumours that Blair made linkages between Megrahi's release and trade deals have been longstanding among embassy contacts … The UK ambassador in Tripoli categorically denied the claims".