Tier One Moral Power

Some of Britain's favourite Islamic fundamentalists have rather selfishly become embroiled in a diplomatic dispute with Canada. Although the Canadians have been British enough to export nine hundred armoured vehicles to the liberators of Yemen, they have also expressed concern over the arrest of political activists. Since both countries are close partners of the UK, a spokesbeing has urged restraint on both sides, on the grounds that it would be jolly unfair as well as indiscreet for Britain to choose between a government which has expressed concern over human rights and a government which is run by the head-chopping House of Saud. On the bright side, it appears from this that the UK has some much-needed common ground with Russia, which has expressed its own dislike of people who regard human rights as a political issue.