A diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics over alleged human rights abuses in China may be on the table, a British Cabinet minister hinted on Thursday. Jacob Rees-Mogg, leader of the House of Commons, told MPs that “no tickets have been booked” for any UK ministers to attend the games in February. The remark—the first time a UK minister hinted at the possibility of boycotting Beijing Olympic games next year—came a week after U.S. President Joe Biden told reporters the White House was “considering” backing a boycott. When questioned by former Conservative Party leader Sir Ian Duncan Smith on whether an urgent debate will be arranged regarding whether the government should “boycott the Winter Olympics which should never have been awarded to this despotic regime,” Rees-Mogg said, “It is right that the communist government is reminded of its moral obligations.” While repeating the UK government’s long-standing policy that it “does not think …