BBC took £300,000 from Saudi oil giant despite eco pledges
Director general Tim Davie last month outlined a "deep decarbonisation" strategy to help the BBC reach net zero by 2030.
Director general Tim Davie last month outlined a "deep decarbonisation" strategy to help the BBC reach net zero by 2030.
Amnesty International has said the takeover is "an extremely bitter blow for human rights defenders".
The prime minister praised "wonderful" Priti Patel for making the UK the "Saudi Arabia of penal policy".
Corrupting the honours system, how is this even possible? (said no one ever)
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.
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