An Ethical Dimension

The British government has abstained from voting Sri Lanka nearly one and a half thousand million pounds from the International Monetary Fund, having first taken the sensible precaution of waiting until the IMF's executive board decided to loan the money anyway. This shining example of Brownite courage was the Government's response to Sri Lanka's treatment of refugees, about which the Poodle Archipelago apparently has some moral qualms. The British government is always proud and happy to register its concern over some people's human rights abuses, provided that no untoward consequences are involved.