The UK government will be happy with this distraction from this story perhaps?
The Government of Qatar committed to a £6-billion package which includes 24 Typhoons, nine Hawk T2 Mk167 jet trainers, and a bespoke support and training package in early 2021…
The UK government could have linked the sale to an improvement in human rights etc but I can’t find evidence that it did.
There's a pretty strong argument that expecting footballers and football fans (also see Newcastle, etc) to stand up against these regimes whilst our elected government is happy to take their cash and deal with them is a bit of a cop out.
The UK government will be happy with this distraction from this story perhaps?
The Government of Qatar committed to a £6-billion package which includes 24 Typhoons, nine Hawk T2 Mk167 jet trainers, and a bespoke support and training package in early 2021…
The UK government could have linked the sale to an improvement in human rights etc but I can’t find evidence that it did.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-qatar-expand-defence-partnership