The West has threatened sanctions against Uganda over its new anti-gay law. There's just one problem: most of our energy suppliers and "strategic partners" in the Middle East also criminalise homosexuality.
Western foreign policy makes absolutely no sense – whether from a moral or strategic perspective. This is illustrated by a recent video of Liz Truss, who refuses to criticise our "important partner" Saudi Arabia.
Salma al-Shebab, a student at Leeds University, has been sentenced to 34 years by a Saudi court for following and retweeting dissident activists on Twitter.
