British policy centred on maintaining internal ‘stability’ in the Gulf states and on retaining access to key resources upon which its global power relied.
Egypt
How the UK press supports the British military and intelligence establishment
by MARK CURTIS | 11 March 2020
TAGGED: Egypt, Iran, Israel, Russia, Saudi Arabia, US, Yemen
How the UK press is misinforming the public about Britain’s role in the world
by MARK CURTIS | 9 March 2020
TAGGED: Egypt, Israel, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen
Britain’s national press consistently portrays Britain as a supporter of noble objectives such as human rights and democracy. The extraordinary extent to which the public is being misinformed about the UK’s foreign and military policies is revealed in new statistical research by Declassified UK.