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This is the official policy: > ... David Cameron during a visit to India in 2010, when he was asked if Britain would ever return the [Kohinoor Diamond]. > "If

This is the official policy: > ... David Cameron during a visit to India in 2010, when he was asked if Britain would ever return the [Kohinoor Diamond]. > "If you say yes to one you suddenly find the British Museum would be empty,” said the Prime Minister then. "I think I'm afraid to say, to disappoint all your viewers, it's going to have to say put."

onemoresoop 8y ago
It's a difficult thing to do and there are so many hidden strings and interests at stake but the reality is quite clear. A lot of things were looted and are in our western countries somehow illegally. IMO they should be returned to their countries of origin if evidence of that says so. If things were bought/sold and there are documents to attest that, they could stay.
- onemoresoop 8y ago
  And illegally obtained art should be out of our museums, period. I wonder if, on the private market and not museum worthy, whether the prices for these would go down.
qiqing 8y ago
In the polite paraphrase of John Oliver, host of Last Week Tonight: "I understand that you want the diamond, but the thing is that we have the diamond, you don't and we're going to keep having it forever. So in summary, finders keepers, go yourself. Cheerio." says Oliver, 'breaking down' former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg's "integral legal argument". While referring to the crown on which the diamond now sits as an "elegant head sofa", Oliver calls Prime Minister David Cameron's response ("They're not having it back") as "petulant and childish" and expresses surprise that he didn't "lick the diamond to officially call dibs on it". He doesn't stop there. The comedian 'reasons' Britain's reluctance on returning the Kohinoor saying if they were to start giving back the artifacts they brought in from their former colonies, the British Museum would go empty. He also refers to the British Museum as "an active crime scene". Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/why-wouldnt-britain-return-the-kohinoor-heres-comedian-john-olivers-hilarious-take-on-it-273055-2015-11-17 https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/why-wouldnt-britain-retu...

onemoresoop 8y ago

It's a difficult thing to do and there are so many hidden strings and interests at stake but the reality is quite clear. A lot of things were looted and are in our western countries somehow illegally. IMO they should be returned to their countries of origin if evidence of that says so. If things were bought/sold and there are documents to attest that, they could stay.

onemoresoop 8y ago
And illegally obtained art should be out of our museums, period. I wonder if, on the private market and not museum worthy, whether the prices for these would go down.

qiqing 8y ago

In the polite paraphrase of John Oliver, host of Last Week Tonight: "I understand that you want the diamond, but the thing is that we have the diamond, you don't and we're going to keep having it forever. So in summary, finders keepers, go yourself. Cheerio." says Oliver, 'breaking down' former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg's "integral legal argument". While referring to the crown on which the diamond now sits as an "elegant head sofa", Oliver calls Prime Minister David Cameron's response ("They're not having it back") as "petulant and childish" and expresses surprise that he didn't "lick the diamond to officially call dibs on it". He doesn't stop there. The comedian 'reasons' Britain's reluctance on returning the Kohinoor saying if they were to start giving back the artifacts they brought in from their former colonies, the British Museum would go empty. He also refers to the British Museum as "an active crime scene". Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/why-wouldnt-britain-return-the-kohinoor-heres-comedian-john-olivers-hilarious-take-on-it-273055-2015-11-17 https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/why-wouldnt-britain-retu...