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There is no robust evidence showing that the UK has been able to exert any effective influence over MBS and MBZ when it comes to war in Yemen, Libya or Syria as well as repression in the Gulf, Egypt or Sudan
If the UK wants to sustain the military industries needed to sustain its own defence structure and hopefully make a serious constructive contribution to collective European security then it needs to be able to pay for it without what is in effect a Saudi and UAE subsidy
Same goes for France, Belgium, Italy (in relation to Qatar), Spain and Ukraine
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