‘Typhoon plane’ taken to Parliament in protest at UK’s arming of Saudi Arabia

Amnesty International activists have taken a lifelike replica of a Eurofighter Typhoon jet – and accompanying missiles – to the Houses of Parliament this morning in protest at the UK’s continuing sale of arms to Saudi Arabia. The week sees the fourth anniversary of the devastating conflict in Yemen, a conflict which the UK’s sale of arms – worth almost £5bn – to Saudi Arabia has helped fuel. The replica Typhoon – measuring 2.5 metres long with a wing-span of 1.9 metres, and towed on the back of an open…

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