Andrew Smith
New in Ceasefire - Thursday, January 28, 2021 14:11 - 0 Comments
Comment | A decade after the Arab Spring, Western hypocrisy over arms sales is more brazen than ever
This week marks a decade since the 25 January revolution in Egypt. Much has changed since, but one exception is the US and UK governments’ habit of praising democracy and human rights while selling arms to the autocrats flouting them, writes Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, September 22, 2020 10:49 - 0 Comments
Comment | Palantir: Why is the UK Government giving our money to Trump’s deportation profiteers?
Recent revelations that controversial US tech firm Palantir had secured a major UK government contract should trouble us all, writes Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Wednesday, July 1, 2020 17:35 - 2 Comments
Comment | Israel’s Annexation Plan: The UK government must stop putting arms sales ahead of the rights and lives of Palestinians
Israel's proposed annexation of parts of the West Bank is a grave violation and injustice against the people of Palestine. The UK's rhetorical objections are not enough, there must be an end to UK arms sales to Israel and the message of political and military support that they send, writes Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, April 30, 2020 15:45 - 1 Comment
Comment | Mike Ashley, MBS and Newcastle United: A Rotten Deal
In seeking to buy Newcastle United, MBS is trying to use football to rebuild and rehabilitate an appalling global reputation. Even at this late hour, Ashley and his colleagues can still put human rights above profits and say no to this appalling deal, writes Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, October 24, 2019 8:56 - 0 Comments
Comment | Has the world forgotten about Jamal Khashoggi?
A year on from Khashoggi's gruesome murder, his friends and family still want answers, but the world powers have already moved on, writes Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 10:39 - 1 Comment
Comment | #StopDSEI: The UK’s support for the arms industry must end
Next week, dozens of the planet's most repressive governments will arrive in London to receive the full red carpet treatment by UK arms companies and civil servants. If we are to stop the UK’s role in fueling war and conflict around the world then it is time to end the arms sales and shut down events like DSEI for good, writes Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, June 25, 2019 15:29 - 0 Comments
Comment | Brothers in Arms Sales: Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson’s shameful record on Yemen
As the Tory leadership race enters its final phase, one word unlikely to be invoked by either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt is Yemen. This comes in spite — or rather because — of the disastrous role both men have played in exacerbating the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, February 11, 2019 20:38 - 1 Comment
Comment | It’s high time Britain left Gavin Williamson’s imperial delusions behind
Gavin Williamson's reckless comments highlight the need for the UK to move away from its history of military interventionism and peddling arms to despots and embrace a more positive role in the world, writes Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Saturday, October 20, 2018 0:00 - 0 Comments
Comment | After Khashoggi: This toxic UK-Saudi relationship cannot continue
For decades, successive UK governments have fuelled, armed and enabled a terrible regime to continue its authoritarian rule over Saudi Arabia. It shouldn't take the disappearance and death of a journalist for UK politicians to realise this must end, writes Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, August 14, 2018 8:31 - 0 Comments
Comment | How much more suffering must Yemenis take before the UK ends its arms sales?
If the bombing of a school bus full of Yemeni children isn’t enough to stop UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia, then what more would it take? Asks Andrew Smith of Campaign Against Arms Trade.
