Saudi Arabia

I saw that programme. It is terrible to think that here in this country women are being treated like slaves - made to work 18 hours a day, sleeping on the floor, being physically abused, their passports withheld and no way of escaping. It is truly sickening.

So much for Theresa May's fine words about abolishing slavery - this government's new visa requirements have further facilitated this sort of exploitation.

These women's employers are a disgrace and I wish they could be prosecuted but it seems many of them are diplomats and immune from prosecution. They can't even be named and shamed because that would put their staff at risk.

www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2015/01/23/comment-domestic-slavery-in-britain-is-worse-than-saudi-arab

Anyone else seen this?

I'm afraid it will.

Time will tell.

Probably not politically, but it looks as if 2015 may be the first year that Saudi has a deficit; could be a problem aggravated by other changes and events.

Also if there are 15,000 or even a quarter or eighth of that number who would like to be King… There have been differences of opinion before.

Saw a tweet today that says the ruling Saudi Arabian Royal Family is 15,000 strong. If that's true I doubt there'll be much change to speak of.