Are
there any greater depths to which Theresa May can take British foreign policy
(No focus on human rights with Erdogan, 28/01/17)? Not content with telling the
leaders of such noxious kingdoms as Bahrain and Saudi Arabia that the UK is
"determined to be your partner of choice", a month before the first executions
for six years took place in Bahrain, she then visits the White House, to make
deals with Trump, the torture supporter, and betrays all the millions who
marched against his misogyny last weekend.
To deepen the
hole that she is digging for herself and her foreign policy, May next meets with
the Turkish president, Erdogan, the torture enforcer, who has overseen the
arrest or sacking of around 137,000 judges, teachers, civil servants,
journalists and military personnel since July. Despite being urged to extol the
need for "fully upholding human rights, as well as the rule of law" by the Bar
Human Rights Committee, May will only state her view on human rights "if they
come up"! No doubt Erdogan will be invited for a state visit too! Perhaps even
to join a Triple Alliance, as long as they buy their engines for their fighter
jets from Britain?
Such
desperation and unprincipled behaviour by the prime minister cannot be allowed
to continue. It`s not just "decent Tories", to use Ed Miliband`s words, who are
feeling distinctly "queasy"!
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