SPECIAL REPORT: Follow the money. Almost every one of Britain's top arms producers saw large spikes in their share price following the news that Boris Johnson would become the next Prime Minister. #NoMoreWar@AlanRMacLeod mintpressnews.com/uk-weapons-man…
Great Britain is the world’s sixth-leading arms exporter, and nine British companies make the list of the 100 largest military contractors in the world. With the exception of Rolls Royce, every one saw significant increases in value on Friday including BAE systems and Babcock.
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Saudi Arabia is by far Britain’s most important arms customer, responsible for 49% of total weapons purchases. Thus, the UK has been tacitly allied to the Saudi-led coalition and its destruction of #Yemen.
Yemen is suffering through the most pressing humanitarian catastrophe in the world -- 24 million Yemenis are in desperate need of assistance, 7.4 million need treatment for acute malnutrition, and a further 18 million lack access to safe drinking water. mintpressnews.com/saudi-arabia-a…
British weapons have sustained the onslaught even as other countries, such as Germany, have halted sales. @MintPressNews is one of very few outlets covering the near-genocide from inside the country. mintpressnews.com/saudi-led-coal…
Corbyn promised to put an end to UK weapons sales to Saudi, effectively signaling the end of the relationship. Meanwhile, Conservatives have gone out of their way to support the Saudi government, breaching multiple court orders to stop selling arms. aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/c…
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