“The reunification of the Sculptures is a wonderful opportunity for Britain to show magnanimity, demonstrating ingenuity rather than arrogance,” Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, a member of the House of Lords, a member of the ruling Labour Party, and a member of BCRPM, quoted in “TA NEA”. “Every person should be able to see these antiquities in their Athenian home. Lawyers are in a position to devise new international tools to protect these world treasures in perpetuity,” added Baroness Shami Chakrabarti.

The Ta Nea article, written in Greek, can be read in full and outlines the result of the Greek PM, Kyriakos Mitsotakis' London visit and his meeting with Sir Keir Starmer.

PM Mitsotakis has met up with Sir Starmer on several occasions starting a year ago when Mitsotakis was snubbed by the then UK PM, Rishi Sunak. All of PM Mitsotakis' encounters with Sir Starmer have been convivial and despite the fact that the current, Labour UK government is not willing to consider amending of the UK 's Museum Act. 

The impasse continues.

In TA NEA today, an article by Yannis Andritsopoulos, UK corresondent.

Below quote from two exceptional supporters in the UK House of Lords, exceptional because of their support for our campaign too.

“I believe Rishi Sunak's decision to cancel the meeting with the Greek PM was shocking and discourteous. It was embarrassing for the UK to be behaving like a small child,” Alf Dubs, the veteran Labour peer, said.

He added: “I hope we can repair UK relations with Greece, maybe we'll need a Labour government to do that. I believe the Marbles should be returned, maybe on a long-term loan if necessary.”

"The adolescent petulance of cancelling the Greek premier is unworthy of any aspiring statesman. Contrast Mr Sunak’s cringe-worthy job interview with Elon Musk and our Prime Minister’s leadership looks even more erratic,” said Shami Chakrabarti, the Labour peer and former shadow attorney general for England and Wales.

“One minute he hosts international summits on Advanced Intelligence; the next he spurns so-called foreign courts in both London and Strasbourg over his treatment of refugees. Basic intelligence suggests Britain needs friends not enemies. We need cultural exchange not culture war,” added Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, who is a member of the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles (BCRPM).

“A Labour Government should strive to reunite the Parthenon Sculptures in their beautiful Athenian home,” she said.

The British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles are grateful to both Alf and Shami for their continued support to this cause, and our campaigning.