According to a rather amusing piece in  http://news.xinhuanet.com, mouthpiece of the Chinese state, the current secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain (marxist -lenninist), Zane Carpenter is off building ties with Pyongyang. Perhaps he may be a wildcard heir apparent. The ruling classes of Westminster must be quaking in their boots.

"DPRK ruling party official meets British communist party delegation


PYONGYANG, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), met with the delegation of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) (Marxist-Leninist) led by General Secretary Zane Carpenter on Monday, the official news agency KCNA reported.

Zane Carpenter said he was deeply moved to see the Korean people closely rallied around their leader Kim Jong Il, said KCNA.

Carpenter expressed the will to further consolidate the relations between the two parties.

CPGB (ML) would learn from the experience of the WPK and apply it in its party activities, he said.

The delegation of the CPGB (ML) arrived at Pyongyang on Sept. 22.

Talks between the delegations of the WPK and the CPGB (ML) were held on Sept. 23. In the talks, officials of the two parties briefed each other on the activities of their parties and exchanged views on further developing their relations and other matters of mutual concern. "