A: for a very long time. Here’s why:
The UK is vulnerable to Gulf pressure for both economic and political reasons.
Tom Dale from the  global post takes a closer look:Â
Saudi Arabia and UAE are two of the UK’s biggest trading partners, with annual bilateral trade with Saudi Arabia alone worth over 10 billion pounds, about $16.6 billion, in 2012. There are currently around 200 UK-Saudi joint ventures with a total investment estimated at around $17.5 billion, according to the Middle East Association, a forum for UK businesses working in the region.
“I think there’s a sense particularly in Abu Dhabi that we need [the Emiratis] more than they need us,” Stephens said. “That does have an influence on the way that pressure is put on British diplomats and British trade representatives when dealing with this issue: that we need to bear in mind that they are propping up our economy which is still struggling.”
And the orders are to crack down on the MuBro’s, who are currently hauled up in once great Britain:
CAIRO, Egypt — Since when does the British government take orders from Saudi Arabia? That’s the question raised by a seemingly dry news story out of the UK this past week.
The story, which emerged Tuesday, was that UK Prime Minister David Cameron recently ordered an inquiry into the links between the London office of the transnational, Islamic political organization known as the Muslim Brotherhood and terrorist attacks in Egypt.
Shocker: is anyone awake?
Tariq Ramadan is one of 14 members of the Foreign Office’s Advisory Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief, chaired by Tory peer Baroness Warsi.
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