One of the world’s biggest arms manufacturers has been advertising in the main entrance at the Labour party’s annual conference for several days and barely any of the delegates seem to have noticed.



A video advertisement for BAE Systems, the British defence and aerospace giant, which sells billions of pounds worth of high-tech weapons to Saudi Arabia, has been displayed on a loop for at least three days.

The presence of the advertisement surprised anti-arms campaigners, given Jeremy Corbyn's outspoken opposition to the sale of weapons to foreign countries. In Labour's campaign manifesto, the party promised to immediately suspend arms sales by UK companies to Saudi Arabia that might be used in the conflict in Yemen.

Corbyn's concern about alleged human rights abuses by Saudi Arabia in Yemen is such that representatives from the Saudi embassy were refused permission to attend Labour's conference in Brighton.