I (really) hate to say it, but for once Boris is right. My daughter’s first reaction to hearing about this lady was ‘Is blasphemy still a thing?’, then, ‘She was sentenced to death???’. Asia Bibi sat on death row for 8 years in Pakistan and has finally been freed. We, however, have refused her asylum, presumably to avoid upsetting an ally and potential future trading partner; in much the same way that we’ve barely wagged a finger at the Saudis for openly bumping off Khashoggi. In the words of Shirley & Company, Shame, Shame, Shame. And in this case, parents ask your kids.
“Sunak and Hunt accused of ‘damaging UK plc’ over NatWest boss’s exit”
Here’s the flip side. Should a business not have the right to choose whom it serves? If you as a client, or more likely potential client, rub us up the wrong way, are a declared anti-vaxxer or support the barges, can we not, as a business, say ‘Be Gone’?
