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Giving back what we stole? It's all Greek to me.

When the Greek Prime Minister refused to abandon his position about returning the Parthenon Marbles, Sunak lost his. The problem is Britain has a similar issue with a number of other countries.

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Two weeks ago, Rishi Sunak prepared to meet his Greek counterpart, the freshly re-elected, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. But rather than enjoy a cuppa with gyros, the two refused to speak to each other after falling out over a few rocks. To Mr. Mitsotakis those rocks are pretty important. His nation's history is quite attached to the Parthenon and the marble scu…

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