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UK/EU tend not to criticise the Saudis because we sell them billions of GBP of arms+support on a regular basis. They also have us by the balls with oil, and the
by FerretFred 7y ago
UK/EU tend not to criticise the Saudis because we sell them billions of GBP of arms+support on a regular basis. They also have us by the balls with oil, and they're buying up a lot of London. That means we're not really in a position to criticise.
- konschubert 7y agoThe fact that they buy up a lot of London creates leverage for the UK over the Saudis, not vice versa
- londons_explore 7y agoDo explain... Any kind of freezing foreign assets would cause a plummet in foreign buyers, a plummet in house prices, and possibly a recession...
- konschubert 7y agoA plummet in house prices may be exactly what London needs