If you want a clear sense of the character of the modern Conservative party, and to grasp the full extent of the damage it has done during its latest period in office, there are few better places to start than Yemen. By the late 2010s, Yemen was the scene of the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe, according to the United Nations.
This was no natural disaster. It was human-made, created in no small part by the British government’s allies, with the British government’s help. The war and Britain’s role in it rarely hit the front pages. But in terms of sheer human cost, it was the worst episode in UK foreign relations since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. By rights, it should have been a national scandal.
