Gurkhas should no longer protect the Sultan of Brunei

Introduction of brutal Sharia law means it’s time to get out - even if Sultan is buddies with Prince Charles

Crispin Black

Whose brother named his super yacht ‘Tits’, and the speedboats attached to it ‘Nipple 1’ and ‘Nipple 2’? Who is a big chum of the Prince of Wales, attending as an honoured guest Prince William’s wedding? Whom does a battalion of British Gurkhas protect? And who earlier this month announced his plans to introduce Sharia law into his statelet (about a quarter of the size of Wales) in various stages.

The answer is, of course, the Sultan of Brunei – also concurrently prime minister, finance minister, and defence minister.

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is a former Welsh Guards lieutenant colonel and intelligence analyst for the British government's Joint Intelligence Committee. His book, 7-7: What Went Wrong, was one of the first to be published after the London bombings in July 2005.