Gordon Brown is coming under pressure to reopen the Serious Fraud Office inquiry into the multi-billion pound arms deal between BAE and Saudi Arabia. Liberal Democrat leader Nick
Clegg said the investigation, which was suspended in 2006, must be allowed to continue.
The High Court ruled that the SFO acted unlawfully by dropping the corruption inquiry into the £43bn deal. BAE was accused of illegal payments to Saudi officials, but the defence company maintains it acted lawfully. The High Court said the decision to halt the inquiry represented an "abject surrender" to pressure from a foreign government.
Gordon Brown seems to be running pretty thin in the U.K. This over an arms investigation.
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