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A reminder of a far less successful bit of foreign meddling where saudi intervention has singularly failed to end the rebellion. Then, a little before midnight, in a country where politics is usually conducted well out of sight and change agreed by consensus, news of an Anti Corruption purge which snared serving government ministers and past ones, and even members of the countrys extensive royal family. The attorney general tells us this is only phase one. Nesrine, a phases ordered, it is said, by king salmans son, the crown prince. What is he up to . Too much, the heir to the throne is very much loved by the media because he has presented himself as a moderniser but hes also young and rash and part of a generation of saudi princes kind of brought up in the bubble of royalty. There are three generations of saudi royalty, the old generation, the generation of the king, who remember what it was like not to be royalty. They are in their 70s and 80s and they have some perspective. The Seco
As soon next week. A two minute silence has been observed around the country for armistice day. Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello. This is dateline london. Im shaun ley. This week two ways to shuffle your rivals out of the door house arrest in a luxury hotel or a six and a half thousand kilometres flight of shame. To discuss whether saudi arabia saw a purge or a power grab last weekend; and whether the resignation of the british cabinet minister priti patel was a missed opportunity for Prime Minister theresa may, im joined by iain martin, columnist with the times of london, who used his column to urge theresa may to clear out the old lags and bring some fresh talent into her government. Agnes poirier, who endeavours to explain brexit to the folks back home in the pages of the french magazine, marianne. Nesrine malik, sudanese journalist and reader of the runes for us on the saudi political massacre last saturday night. And jeffrey kofman, the canadian broadcaster, wholl bring a n