Brighton MP accuses government of '˜absolute desperation' over Saudi arms sales

By The Newsroom
Published 13th Mar 2018, 12:43 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 06:11 BST
Lloyd Russell-Moyle (let) at the Stop the War Coalition meeting (Photograph: Joe Taylor)Lloyd Russell-Moyle (let) at the Stop the War Coalition meeting (Photograph: Joe Taylor)
Lloyd Russell-Moyle (let) at the Stop the War Coalition meeting (Photograph: Joe Taylor)
MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle criticised the government ahead of a national demonstration planned for Saturday (March 17).

The demonstration is being organised by Stand up to Racism which held a public meeting in Brighton on Wednesday, March 7.

More than 38 people attended the event in Friends’ Meeting House hosted by Brighton and Hove's Stop the War Coalition.

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A key discussion point was the sale of UK weaponry to the Saudi regime.

“Saudi Arabia is the hotbed of that kind of nasty ideology,” said Mr Russell-Moyle.

“For some reason, we are totally hypocritical when it comes to weapons which are actually designed to kill human beings.”

The MP denounced the UK government for ‘holding out the red carpet’ to Mohammed bin Salman.

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He described the government's move to invest in arms sales