Detained In Dubai

[Arthur Little]

"Nay" ... or should that be "neigh"?

... yet ANOTHER example of an Arab State's harsh punitive regime!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47862596 ...

[Arthur Little]

... yet ANOTHER example of an Arab State's harsh punitive regime!

... y'know when I was a kid, there was a rhyme we used to chant, viz:-

"Sticks & "stones may break my bones
But ... ... names will never harm me".

Sadly, that's ^ fast becoming a thing of the past even here in - thanks, need I say, to politically correct thinking on the part of modern governments which frown upon free speech by [ordinarily] law-abiding citizens.

[grahamw48]

Firstly, Dubai/UAE is a very good CUSTOMER of the UK... and that is probably the only reason why this and so many of the Arab/Gulf OIL States, and their medieval practices are tolerated at all by civilised countries.

So, despite what the FCO may be stating publicly, I can't see them doing much to upset the UAE rulers, by defending this rather (IMO) stupid woman.