Typical tories. Get out the diplomats but leave the plebs behind. Germany secured an airfield immediately and has airlifted 490 people from 30 countries out. It has now agreed to allow British planes to use the airfield. In typical fashion the FCO is demanding visas before travel on to the UK. In another to late, over the top and probably inappropriate measure, 150 commandos have been sent out to. help the evacuation? Even though British passport holders are told to make their own way to the airpot 15kn from the centre of Khartoum – and reminded to bring their passports. God forbid that someone might illegally enter the country during a humanitarian crisis. Oh how i detest these people masquerading as a government. It is fortuitous for them that the ceasefire brokered by the USA is holding.
It has also crossed my mind to wander where all the weapons and money for them comes from? Research shows relatively low sales but we have allowed exports despite human rights abuses. The two sides in the dispute have been hitting each other for over a week – are they being resupplied, and if so by whom?