Cut Crowns

Since British arms sales to the head-chopping House of Saud have continued unabated through the rampage in Yemen, the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and the occasional mass execution, it is only natural that decent British parliamentarians should be worrying about some Saudi royals. A couple of Conservatives and a token hanger-on from the ex-Deputy Conservatives have asked permission of Whitehall's favourite fundamentalists to review the conditions under which the former crown prince and another deserving case are being detained. The leader of the trio expressed horror that the descendant of someone fairly important could be treated in so undignified a fashion, and shook a warning finger at the head-chopping House of Saud for undermining its own reputation as a promising beginner in British values. Apparently it remains an open question for some whether the head-chopping House of Saud's ideas of limited and specific human rights violations are sufficiently aligned with those of the British mainland.