Sunak’s snub makes no sense, says British analyst

The Greek prime minister "paid for" the Tory collapse in public opinion polls, according to British analyst Simon Nixon.

Speaking to Kathimerini, he explains British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's decision to cancel his meeting with his Greek counterpart, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, was all the more surprising considering that new Foreign Secretary David Cameron had only days earlier said "he wanted to pursue closer ties with the European Union."

A seasoned former commentator at the Times and the Wall Street Journal, Nixon believes that a Labour Party government would agree to return the Parthenon Sculptures so long as such a deal would not give Greece legal ownership over them.

How do you assess the British prime minister's decision to cancel the meeting? Did Mitsotakis' statements justify his reaction? 

It is fair to say that there has been...