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[+] [email protected] -7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Welp, looks like Mitsokakis squandered an opportunity for serious discussion for some domestic points-scoring.

Just what the worlds needs now.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

So, a modicum of looking into the background of this renders the following:

These statues were removed from Greece by Lord Elgin in the early 1800s, while Greece was under Ottoman occupation
The legality and legitimacy of these removals is, at the very least, questionable
No watertight evidence exists to corroborate the claim of Lord Elgin that he had official permission
Greece has been repeatedly requesting a return of these statues since 1835
In 2021 UNESCO concluded that the UK government had an obligation to return these statues
Negotiations between Greece and the UK are ongoing

Sorry, the only person who has squandered anything here is Rishi Sunak.