Cairo, February 28: What a surreal week it has been. It began with those pictures of David Cameron striding through Cairo’s Tahrir Square flanked by businessmen from his 36-strong caravan with whom he toured the Gulf to promote British trade.
With him were at least eight defence contractors from UK firms such as BAE and Thales who were on their way to the giant arms bazaar, Idex, being held in Abu Dhabi.
——–Agencies