Ex-Tory Defence Secretary BLOCKED release of British mother held in Iran, Boris Johnson reveals
Boris Johnson has claimed Sir Gavin Williamson vetoed a deal to bring Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe home from Iran five years before she was finally released.
There is 1 bit of this story that has always amazed me.
We had £400 million of another country's money. Since 1979. And for decades we tried to take the moral high ground as to why we should not give them their money back.
There is 1 bit of this story that has always amazed me.
We had £400 million of another country's money. Since 1979. And for decades we tried to take the moral high ground as to why we should not give them their money back.
There is 1 bit of this story that has always amazed me.
We had £400 million of another country's money. Since 1979. And for decades we tried to take the moral high ground as to why we should not give them their money back.
We apparently repaid the money in 2022 anyway.
Very kind of us, I'm sure. Just took the 43 years...
There is 1 bit of this story that has always amazed me.
We had £400 million of another country's money. Since 1979. And for decades we tried to take the moral high ground as to why we should not give them their money back.
We apparently repaid the money in 2022 anyway.
Very kind of us, I'm sure. Just took the 43 years...
Yeah, but if the plan was to give it back, why not do it earlier?
There is 1 bit of this story that has always amazed me.
We had £400 million of another country's money. Since 1979. And for decades we tried to take the moral high ground as to why we should not give them their money back.
We apparently repaid the money in 2022 anyway.
Very kind of us, I'm sure. Just took the 43 years...
Yeah, but if the plan was to give it back, why not do it earlier?
You are confusing "Governments" (several, including both Labour and Tory PMs) with "having a plan".
There is 1 bit of this story that has always amazed me.
We had £400 million of another country's money. Since 1979. And for decades we tried to take the moral high ground as to why we should not give them their money back.
We apparently repaid the money in 2022 anyway.
Very kind of us, I'm sure. Just took the 43 years...
Yeah, but if the plan was to give it back, why not do it earlier?
You are confusing "Governments" (several, including both Labour and Tory PMs) with "having a plan".
Good point. Altthough it just seems spiteful to have delayed it.
There is 1 bit of this story that has always amazed me.
We had £400 million of another country's money. Since 1979. And for decades we tried to take the moral high ground as to why we should not give them their money back.
We apparently repaid the money in 2022 anyway.
Very kind of us, I'm sure. Just took the 43 years...
Yeah, but if the plan was to give it back, why not do it earlier?
You are confusing "Governments" (several, including both Labour and Tory PMs) with "having a plan".
Good point. Altthough it just seems spiteful to have delayed it.
It's not just spiteful. It centres on successive Governments doing whatever is best for that Govt.
So-keep money to look tough on countries we don't like. Then release it with the objective of looking good securing release of spy/activist/innocent victim.
Exactly the same with the Chagos Islands. Tory Govt agree to hand them over, but ensure it is timed when Labour are in...
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Boris Johnson has claimed Sir Gavin Williamson vetoed a deal to bring Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe home from Iran five years before she was finally released.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/ex-tory-defence-secretary-blocked-release-of-british-mother-held-in-iran-boris-johnson-reveals/ar-AA1rKsfl?ocid=msedgntp&pc=NMTS&cvid=1f9a1a6fdfd144df9a3d1d729930b0e7&ei=81#fullscreen
We had £400 million of another country's money. Since 1979. And for decades we tried to take the moral high ground as to why we should not give them their money back.
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https://uk.yahoo.com/news/moment-leonardo-dicaprio-snubbed-boris-170208765.html
Altthough it just seems spiteful to have delayed it.
So-keep money to look tough on countries we don't like. Then release it with the objective of looking good securing release of spy/activist/innocent victim.
Exactly the same with the Chagos Islands. Tory Govt agree to hand them over, but ensure it is timed when Labour are in...
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/boris-johnson-memoir-critics-say-094030103.html
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/boris-johnson-interview-highlights-from-worst-prime-minister-in-history-clash-to-loopy-brexit/ar-AA1rPg46?ocid=msedgntp&pc=NMTS&cvid=85ae19f82a074b789858cee4f26fae0a&ei=16#fullscreen
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