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Jewish Chronicle
January 16, 2017
A former British ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Sudan, Sir William Patey, said: "we know there is a lobby in this country that seeks to portray in the best possible light, and seeks to isolate and denigrate critics of, Israeli policy.
AlterNet
January 10, 2017
Although the Israeli government withdrew the diplomat and distanced itself from him, William Patey, a former British ambassador, told The Guardian, "The idea that he would be operating on his own I find fanciful. We know there is a lobby in this ...
The Week UK
September 13, 2016
Sir William Patey, the former UK ambassador to Afghanistan, ruffled feathers last year when he came out in favour of legalising the trade in opium poppies, from which heroin is derived.
BBC News
August 4, 2016
Sir William Patey, the former British ambassador to Saudi Arabia, told BBC Radio Wales it was a "very difficult" case which involved a "clash of cultures".
The Guardian
July 10, 2016
... editor Paul Johnson is joined by a panel of Major General Tim Cross, Emma Sky who served in Iraq as a political adviser to the US army, Ewen MacAskill, the Guardian's diplomatic editor from 1999 to 2006, and Sir William Patey, UK ambassador in Iraq ...
The Courier
June 24, 2016
The former chairman of the Wellcome Trust, Sir William Castell, and retired British ambassador to Afghanistan Sir William Patey received their honorary degrees yesterday. Sir William Castell, who headed up the global charitable foundation for several ...
Forfar Dispatch
June 22, 2016
Honorary degrees will also be awarded to: Sir William Castell, former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Wellcome Trust; Sir William Patey, a Dundee graduate who went on to become UK Ambassador in Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan;ÃÂ ...
BBC News
June 6, 2016
Sir William Patey, a Dundee University graduate who became UK Ambassador in Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan, environmental science expert Professor Harindra Fernando, and Dr Hilal Al-Sayer, chairman of the Dasman Diabetes Institute boardÃÂ ...
RT
May 3, 2016
Former ambassador to Nigeria Sir Andrew Lloyd later became a vice president of Statoil, under the proviso from ACOBA that he not deal with the firm's Nigerian operations.
Daily Times
April 15, 2016
"Afghanistan will remain a fragile, unstable and corrupt state long after British troops have departed," former British ambassador to Afghanistan (2010-2012) Sir William Patey told BBC on September 1, 2012. In August 2012, the nomination of war ...
Texas Public Radio
March 29, 2016
You could almost argue the possibility of a perfect storm," says former British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Sir William Patey. The documentary gives viewers a street-level view of how the geopolitical are pressuring Saudi Arabia, the resulting internal ...
Open Democracy
December 31, 1999
During the December 2005 election, British Ambassador William Patey sought to pressure candidates to accept passage of an oil privatization law as a top priority for the new government.
The Week UK
March 8, 2016
Sir William Patey, the former UK ambassador to Afghanistan, ruffled feathers last year when he came out in favour of legalising the trade in opium poppies, from which heroin is derived.
VolteFace Magazine (blog)
March 1, 2016
Earlier this month, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron called for cannabis legalisation in the UK. The party is proposing to table a motion at their annual conference to legalise and regulate medicinal and recreational cannabis.
MaltaToday (blog)
January 12, 2016
Al-Nimr's execution was no miscalculation but it proved to be a very short-sighted decision which might come back to haunt Saudi Arabia.
The Australian
January 6, 2016
Was it, as former British ambassador to Saudi Arabia William Patey suggests, a miscalculation by gung-ho princes and an ailing king?
The Guardian
January 4, 2016
Although in a BBC interview William Patey - a former British ambassador in Riyadh - charitably described Nimr's killing as a Saudi "miscalculation", the consequences so far have been totally predictable.
Australia-Israel Jewish Affairs Council
December 21, 2015
Elsewhere, former UK Ambassador to Saudi Arabia William Patey argued the "resilience" of the Saudi monarchy is "underappreciated".
The Australian Financial Review
December 8, 2015
US President Barack Obama, right, meets with King Salman of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office of the White House, in September. Speculation continues about the health of the Saudi leader.
RT
December 7, 2015
Afshin Rattansi goes underground on peace in the Middle East, Britain's dealings in Yemen, war profiteers and protest songs. Former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Iraq, Sir William Patey, tells us why British bombs on Syria are helping toÃÂ ...
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