That Civilising Influence Again

Traditional values have received another boost from Whitehall's favourite Islamic fundamentalists, as servants of the head-chopping House of Saud have subjected eighty-one people to one of the few punishments that even some patriots would consider not too soft. So reformed and democratised is the House of Saud these days that this single day's total exceeds the quantity of justice executed in the whole of last year; the state news agency took care to reassure its readers that the beneficiaries were guaranteed their full rights under the law. Since Saudi law aspires to reflect the will of the Abrahamic génocidaire in the sky, this may not constitute a particularly high standard of legal protection, although it remains comfortably in accordance with the moral component of British arms dealing.