Boris Johnson ‘intervened’ in Saudi bid for Newcastle United
The PM asked a top aide to investigate after Saudi Crown Prince warned relations with the UK were being damaged.
The PM asked a top aide to investigate after Saudi Crown Prince warned relations with the UK were being damaged.
The trip is believed to have taken place at the beginning of 2020; roughly 16 months after Saudi Arabia ordered the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khasoggi.
The BBC had hyped up Sunak’s budget as if he was Anthony Joshua - another man who has enriched himself at the hands of Saudi Arabia’s murderous crown prince. A video package they put together for him was only missing the Rocky theme tune in the background.
UK Foreign Office minister, James Cleverly, said British arms sales licences were issued with great care to ensure they did not lead to any breach of humanitarian law.
Saudi Arabia represented 40% of the volume of UK arms exports between 2010 and 2019.
The brutal bombardment in Yemen is "only possible because of the complicity and support of arms dealing governments like the UK."
Saudi-led forces have been accused of breaching international humantarian law after bombing schools, hospitals, weddings and food infrastructure in Yemen.
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia chairs the fund and has also overseen the devastating bombardment of Yemen.
Jamal Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last year.
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