If oil, arms taken out of equation, what remains to bind Britain to an undemocratic, quasi-feudal regime, notorious for human rights abuses, repression of Shia minority, institutionalised discrimination against women and dangerous confrontation with Iran?
The British say they do not need oil from Saudi Arabia.
UK Courts have ruled that Britain cannot sell weapons to the Saudis.
As a result of which The Guardian article above says Saudi Arabia is now :
They sound worse than OutSyed The Box.
Even I do not use such language.
Here is the British media.
Ini bukan saya cakap tau.
UK Courts have ruled that Britain cannot sell weapons to the Saudis.
As a result of which The Guardian article above says Saudi Arabia is now :
- undemocratic
- quasi-feudal
- dangerous
- notorious
- repressive
- discriminatory
- an 'odium'
- illegitimate
- unstable
- terrorist
- murderous
- dysfunctional
- embarrassing
- unjust
- out of pocket
- out of time
They sound worse than OutSyed The Box.
Even I do not use such language.
Here is the British media.
Ini bukan saya cakap tau.
Dramatic falls in global oil prices result of collapsing demand
coronavirus, Saudi-Russia price war, overproduction, chronic lack of storage
Yet conventional explanations obscure bigger, more exciting story
green, clean energy revolution, rapidly expanding use of wind, solar power
prospective end of fossil fuel era
Renewables make up 30% world demand for electricity this year
green, clean energy revolution, rapidly expanding use of wind, solar power
prospective end of fossil fuel era
Renewables make up 30% world demand for electricity this year
Last week, Britain record 18 consecutive days without coal-fired power
UK hit new solar power high on 20 April
Since 2012 emissions to produce 1 kW/hr energy declined more than 2/3
UK hit new solar power high on 20 April
Since 2012 emissions to produce 1 kW/hr energy declined more than 2/3
net-zero carbon future, sustainable energy generation
lead to fundamental, permanent shifts in “post-oil” future
Britain’s dysfunctional, embarrassing relationship with Saudi Arabialead to fundamental, permanent shifts in “post-oil” future
Britain’s embarrassing relationship with Saudi Arabia
needs post-pandemic reappraisal
UK oil comes from Norway. Only 3% from Saudi Arabia
Successive governments nurtured Saudi
Riyadh’s insatiable appetite for weapons
BAE sold £15bn arms to Saudi 2015 - 2019
weaponry used in Yemen war, 6th murderous year
June 2019 court of appeal halted UK arms sales
If oil, arms taken out of equation, what remains to bind Britain to an undemocratic, quasi-feudal regime, notorious for human rights abuses, repression of Shia minority, institutionalised discrimination against women and dangerous confrontation with Iran?
Saudi regime lacks legitimacy
faces threats of its own from Sunnis
Terrorism, feeding off instability, injustice big problem
Terrorism, feeding off instability, injustice big problem
brutal 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi
Collapsing demand for oil means Saudis not the power they were
sheikhs are out of pocket and out of time.
sheikhs are out of pocket and out of time.
My comments : The only link between Saudi Arabia, the UK and the US is Saudi cash. Money buys them existence. If the money dries up that shall be the end of Saudi Arabia. This will happen soon. Then the Sunnis, Shias, Iran, Yemen, Qatar and many others will start chewing at the al Sauds.
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