A ‘rebel’ fighter opposed to the Gaddafi regime during fighting near the town of Bin-Jawad, eastern Libya, Tuesday, 8 March 2011. Photo: AP Photo/Hussein Malla/flickr CC.
Arms anyone?
Ken Veitch highlights the ‘doublespeak’ of our politicians
by Ken Veitch
18th March 2011
Successive British governments, including our present one, have happily traded weapons – euphemistically described as ‘defence equipment’ – to almost anyone who will buy them. We are in the world’s top five countries in the value of the weapons we sell overseas.
