Jamie Harron's arrest in Dubai should make us question why we ever thought it was OK to holiday there in the first place
The IndependentThe best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy British electrician Jamie Harron’s three-month sentence in Dubai for accidentally “touching a man’s hip” in a bar thwarted any remaining urge I had to holiday in Dubai. Boris Johnson says Sirte could become the next Dubai when the dead bodies are removed Instead, one must treat the place like a less cerebral Las Vegas, wilfully forgetting that it’s almost always OK and sunny in Dubai until the moment authorities decide that, for you, it isn’t. I am certain Dubai is full of closeted gay men and good-natured tolerant types who couldn’t give two stuffs what Jamie Harron did or didn’t do with his hand. Or to feel like no one really cares about things like the sentence handed down to Jamie Harron because “that’s just what it’s like in those places”.
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