Letter sent to my MP – Heidi Alexander after reading this article in the Canary (in speech marks below) on Twitter (http://www.thecanary.co/) I am very concerned to read recently that the Foreign Office has edited the parliamentary statements of its former foreign secretary Phillip Hammond to misled the public as to the UK’s involvement regarding the sale of British made bombs to Saudi Arabia. “Hammond’s statements had previously insisted that the government was conducting investigations into whether Saudi Arabia was committing war crimes in Yemen. As a result of these investigations, the statement read, no evidence had been found that international law had been broken. But now, the 6 “corrections” state that no such investigations ever took place. Considering the government is currently facing legal action over its arms sales to Saudi Arabia, it seems the government is changing Hammond’s statements because it may have to make public what it has been doing to ensure British-made bombs aren’t being used to breach international law. And astonishingly, looking at these changes, it appears it has been doing nothing at all. There is abundant evidence that Saudi Arabia has committed war crimes in Yemen and the autocratic monarchy has bought over £7bn … Continue reading UK MADE BOMBS TO SAUDI ARABIA – HAMMOND’S COVER-UP