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David Cameron And 10 Dictators He Has 'Crawled Up To'

Does David Cameron 'Crawl Up' To Dictators?
Chris York
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The Chinese are in town and David Cameron is trumpeting £14 billion of lovely, lovely trade deals.

Meanwhile back in China, executions, political repression and censorship are rife.

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Hark back to last year when Cameron told George Gallowy in the Commons: "That is the right answer, not crawling up to dictators and telling them how great they are!"

OH REEAAALLLY DAVID?!!!

Here are a few photos that might make Dave feel a little awkward...

Cameron Crawling Up To 10 Dictators
(01 of10)
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Cameron's wistful and beaming gaze towards the former emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, positively screams: "YOU"RE WONDERFUL!!!".
(02 of10)
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Showing the way for China's Xi Jinping
(03 of10)
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Looking decidedly chummy with Kuwait's Sheikh Sabah
(04 of10)
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Cameron and Kazakhstan's Nursultan Nazarbayev were only a dinner and a kiss away from dating...
(05 of10)
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He's been so consistently good at crawling up to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia that he got a medal for it...
(06 of10)
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Cameron rolled out the red carpet to greet Jordan's King Abdullah...
(07 of10)
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Surely all those flowers cancel out all the bad things Burma's Thein Sein has done..?
(08 of10)
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Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah has ruled over the country for 46 years...
(09 of10)
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Cameron even invited Bahrain's Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa round to have a look at his Christmas tree...
(10 of10)
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So fancy was the Sultan of Oman's red carpet, Cameron could barely bring himself to walk on it...
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