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Britain: Safe haven for new Saudi despot

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (C) looks on during the welcoming ceremony for Qatari officials. (AFP)

The death of Saudi absolute monarch King Abdullah, on Jan 23, sparked a new wave of a power struggle inside Saudi Arabia.

In the latest sign of the fierce power struggle, some reports suggest that the former Saudi Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz is about to leave for London forever.

But the question is why Muqrin had chosen Britain as his final destination? Is it a form of voluntary exile by Muqrin? How are bilateral relations between the Saudi regime and Britain affected after the death of King Abdullah?

All these come as the British policies towards the House of Saud does not necessarily reflect the British public general attitude towards Saudi regime.

Meanwhile, another struggle is going on inside Britain. The British prime minister David Cameron had pledged that his party will set out proposals for a new so-called English-only voting plan within 100 days of taking office.

Now he is pushing the plan which is  dubbed as “English votes for English laws”, or “Evel.” Many political observers believe that the plan is mainly aimed at suppressing SNP MPs power in Westminster.

Gordon Brown has warned that the decision to play the “English card” could unravel the three-century-old Union.


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