The new museum underneath the Acropolis build to house the complete set of the Parthenon Marbles has just been completed. The President of the European Union is in fact attending the ceremony together with other major international guests. The notable exception is the British Prime Minister who has in the recent past been soliciting the support of the British Greek community.
It makes me angry to see that the curators of the British museum are continuing to ignore the legitimate requests of the Greek government to return the marbles to their home ground. The entire incident makes a total non sense of the notion that the two countries, Greece and Britain are allies both within Europe and in NATO. More should be done by the Greek community in Britain to exert pressure on Gordon Brown and others and a fresh campaign must be started.
Nick Venedi
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