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Would have been astonishing to me if the government didn't support the deal.
In 2003 the Saudi head of intelligence, Prince Turki admitted on a live call-in show that 6 British men had been tortured by his intelligence agents. In spite of the admission, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw refused to seriously pursue the matter, to the frustration of the victim’s relatives.
In 2006, Tony Blair shut down a corruption investigation into payments made by BAE Systems to Saudi Arabia, stating that the “our relationship with Saudi Arabia is vitally important…. that strategic interest comes first”
In 2015, David Cameron was criticized for ordering the flying of the union flag at half mast over government buildings to mark the death of Saudi King Abdullah.
In 2017 The City of London was accused of watering down governance rules specifically to allow the Saudi's the chance to float their oil company on the London Stock Exchange.
In 2019, the Tory Attorney General Geoffrey Cox was accused by anti-corruption campaigners of delaying a criminal investigation into bribes alleged to have been paid to the Saudis by a British subsidiary of Airbus. The investigation was launched in 2012, and is yet to be concluded.
And now it turns out that David Cameron was on a camping trip with Bin Salman when the uproar in the immediate aftermath of Khashoggi's murder was at its height.
They are used to telling our politicians what to do. Its one of the reasons that the mag fans claim that they would act as a 'critical friend' to Saudi Arabia when it came to human rights issues was so laughable. As if some football fans could have any influence over their lives, when our government and politicians are usually ready to jump on their command. As it turned out, the Saudis influenced the mags into becoming the House of Saud's number one apologists.
These scumbags exert massive influence over public life in Britain, but thankfully they are not yet corrupting our football clubs (aside from living inside the heads of our tragic friends up the road). Lets hope it stays that way.
In 2003 the Saudi head of intelligence, Prince Turki admitted on a live call-in show that 6 British men had been tortured by his intelligence agents. In spite of the admission, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw refused to seriously pursue the matter, to the frustration of the victim’s relatives.
In 2006, Tony Blair shut down a corruption investigation into payments made by BAE Systems to Saudi Arabia, stating that the “our relationship with Saudi Arabia is vitally important…. that strategic interest comes first”
In 2015, David Cameron was criticized for ordering the flying of the union flag at half mast over government buildings to mark the death of Saudi King Abdullah.
In 2017 The City of London was accused of watering down governance rules specifically to allow the Saudi's the chance to float their oil company on the London Stock Exchange.
In 2019, the Tory Attorney General Geoffrey Cox was accused by anti-corruption campaigners of delaying a criminal investigation into bribes alleged to have been paid to the Saudis by a British subsidiary of Airbus. The investigation was launched in 2012, and is yet to be concluded.
And now it turns out that David Cameron was on a camping trip with Bin Salman when the uproar in the immediate aftermath of Khashoggi's murder was at its height.
They are used to telling our politicians what to do. Its one of the reasons that the mag fans claim that they would act as a 'critical friend' to Saudi Arabia when it came to human rights issues was so laughable. As if some football fans could have any influence over their lives, when our government and politicians are usually ready to jump on their command. As it turned out, the Saudis influenced the mags into becoming the House of Saud's number one apologists.
These scumbags exert massive influence over public life in Britain, but thankfully they are not yet corrupting our football clubs (aside from living inside the heads of our tragic friends up the road). Lets hope it stays that way.