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Britain’s £1.4 BILLION Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia while Cutting Aid to Yemen – TLDR News
This Week in Parliament is the series where we discuss what’s been going on in the Houses of Parliament. This week the Commons debated the Government’s decision to continue arms sales to Saudi Arabia while cutting aid to Yemen; a discussion about COVID’s impact on the arts; and an update on the Parliamentary Broadcast Unit.
0:00 Introduction
0:34 Saudi Arabia & Yemen
7:06 Impact of COVID on the Arts
9:46 Parliamentary Broadcast Upgrades
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The Times Drilling to go Ahead at Sea Lion Oilfield
https://www.thetimes.com/business/companies-markets/article/drilling-confirmed-sea-lion-oil-field-rockhopper-falklands-5nz8npwpw
The Times Falkland Islands $4bn Oil Bonanza
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/falkland-islands-4bn-boost-oilfield-go-ahead-6crtkvqzk
Yahoo Finance The Falklands are Turning into a Mini Dubai
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BBC News Quick Guide: The Falklands Economy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/07/in_pictures_the_falklands_economy/print.stm
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Telegraph Farage By-Election Gamble Turns to Farce
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/07/07/farage-resigns-but-by-election-gamble-turns-to-farce/
BBC News Farage’s Political Rivals Rule Out Standing in Clacton
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdg4y3g0z7o
The Guardian Political Rivals Vow to Boycott By-Election
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/07/nigel-farage-quits-as-mp-amid-scrunity-over-finances-clacton-reform
Politics Home Labour and Tories Refuse to Field Candidates
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/labour-tories-refuse-stand-candidates-clacton-byelection
Politico Badenoch Says Farage Cracking Under the Pressure
https://www.politico.eu/article/kemi-badenoch-nigel-farage-pressure-by-election/
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@andygary9142
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
We are helping them for finical means there is no moral justification to our support for the despicable Saudi regime
@mauriristola3282
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
Stop selling them anything.
@Dash101
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
Selling weapons to Saudi Arabia is virtually supporting human rights abuses. Trading with that country is bad enough, but here it is. Britain's already done a lot of unpopular shit over time, let's at least put a stop to it now. Be on the right side of the conversation for once.
@imakevideos5377
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
This is gonna kill a few thousand people
@supersonicboxing2430
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
Aid for those abroad isn't our problem
@RTORC78
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
Has this channel now moved away from brexit uk shaming? Going after uk government now over arms deals that have been going on for well over a decade. Ideally you’d move to mainland Europe and realise the governments there go well beyond the UK levels of corruption and deceit.
@davet4999
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
Good more cash more food for us
@davet4999
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
Getting more Rich!
@gingealex99999
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
It's disgusting, but it's not anything Britain isn't used to doing around the world
@yctai6151
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
Money talks.
@MarcinWietrzycki
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
People need to make they minds up. They want government to fight pandemic more effectively, but they also want to send foreign aid. UK should have first priority to its own citizens. All foreign help programs are purely diplomatic and have very little to do with helping people. If these programs at the same time can do some good for people who need help, that's awesome and what you should want. But don't forget that government is not a charity. If it would not be profitable for government to help, they won't. It's as simple as that. They have their budget that has been hugely hit by Brexit and pandemic, do you want to spend money to help others or your own citizens that are struggling to put food on their tables? Or you can do both, borrow a lot of money from foreign powers and push your problems for the future generations. If that's your thing, well done. I bet you live on credit hoping you will leave your children 2 million on debt when you die. Populism level is higher than ever. Stop and think.
@fezankhalid8948
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
1:10 Saudi Arabia is not a SUNNI led country! It is a WAHABI ran country.
@theanglo-lithuanian1768
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
Thing is, if we don't give them weapons, they'll just buy some from Russia and China, not selling them weapons won't do anything. Its a lose lose situation from a humanitarian point of view.
@nothernstar2576
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
the most ironic thing is the fact that Britain will only harm itself if it won't sell weapons: if they won't, the Russians or Chinese will, so the Saudis will get their stuff anyways, and Britain won't get the money
@darthcaedus5124
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
Why is it the uk governments responsibility to give aid?
@FreaKCSGOHacker
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
They're all talking about aid budgets and arms sales but everyone seems to not want to even discuss that should the guns stop rolling, the rebels are gonna topple the Yemenese government. So, give the people Yemen the Aid they need and form some sort of way to beat back the rebels.
@LudvigIndestrucable
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
The irony being that we can only afford international aid by selling the arms being used that makes the aid necessary.
@johnkingston5161
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
Cool beans
@Mossy06
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
Selling arms is good for the economy, so why not.
@sartajmiansartajmian6790
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
I am indian plese mamm i am poor family belog plese dubai to saudi flights open because my vija is exfire 15 march .plese mamm and al jajera channels news plese help poor people ..Allah help your country…
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@SamButler22
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
The UK has to be one of the biggest global sources of aid since the British Empire was one of the biggest benefactors of the resource extraction that went on since the beginning of the colonial period. It's not something it brag about, it's just what we owe.
@ietomos7634
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
Selling weapons to the Saudis is a terrible idea. As for foreign aid, nobody its intended to help ever receive's it.
@kylehardman9135
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
as a general assistant in a museum and a independent one i wouldnt have mt job without furlough but a pot of money for small independent museums like the one i work in and i hope to see the sector recover and thrive
@foxyboiiyt3332
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
Iran bad, Saudi Arabia good. Not particularly nuanced stance from the British government.
@judewilliams5448
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
"Oh look at us we've given a bunch of money to the arts". yeah sure, but that's nowhere near enough and you clearly don't care about them as you left out visa free touring for musical artist from the Brexit deal when the EU would've just given it to us. Not to even mention "Fatima's next job could be in cyber"
@har3036
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
The least the UK government could do, is to force the armaments industry to give s percentage of its profits in aid to Yemen. I wonder how some people ever get a good night's sleep.
@marcosgibson0076
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
North of Ireland will join the Republic Of Ireland cuz Ireland is in the EU
@emizerri
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
Don't. The answer is Don't. Anyone with a brain could see selling arms to despots is a bad idea.
@fatalsiege.
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
Let’s get that money
@Carolus_Tsang
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
It's British neo-imperialism all over again. Supporting their puppets in Saudi Arabia rather than helping a country in dire need of aid. Classic imperialist move. Shows the world that Britain hasn't changed one bit, they haven't changed at all. Still true to their imperialist and colonial roots, can't be trusted with protecting human rights at all.
@hoponasu2471
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
any deal but ESPECIALLY arms deal is GOOD deal – love guns !
@GuyMahoney
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
Fairly sure starving out Yemen and further arming Saudi Arabia brings the war closer to an end. Maintaining both sides is what keeps a war ongoing
@simonwiggins8570
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
Weapons are sold for defence and attack purposes. Saudi Arabia has genuine security concerns in their own backyard of Yemen after a violet coup by Iranian backed Houthi's. So selling arms to Saudi Arabia is no different then selling to Egypt, Israel, Ukraine, Afghanistan or anyone else. If we have concern that our weapons are being used to directly target civilians then we can of course pressure the Saudi's in other ways and with our allies to stop and rethink their strategy. We definitely don't need to stop arms sales. Such action takes all strategic influence we have away and arguably harms the people we want to protect in the long-run.
@murrayeldred3563
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
SAUDI BOMBER= 2 fighter bombers EVERY HOUR FROM FROM THEIR AIRBASE NEAR ABHA IN SAUDI SERVICED BY EX UK MILITARY. HAS BEEN GOING ON PER DAY. 48 BOMB DROPS EVERY 24 HOURS. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. NEVER COVERED IN THE MEDIA. WHEN THE UK ARE ASKED THEY SAY NO UK PERSONNEL ARE INVOLVED…not true…they say NO UK MILITARY PERSONNEL INVOLVED….true….but UK facilitated bombs are being released….
@sircoloniser5454
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
NO MORE ARMS SALES TO THE SAUDIS
@theviper1999uk
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
Man this comment section is toxic…
@juanmiguelreyesguerr
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 am
It’s outrageous that the UK support Saud terrorists. The UK government are traitors to the British people who will later be victims of its terrorist friends.