Unfortunate ad placement in the Guardian’s story about the Saudi ruler’s UK visit

John Plunkett. Updated March 7th, 2018

Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry wrote a piece for the Guardian about the Saudi ruler’s controversial UK visit.

Shame about the ad, though.

https://twitter.com/Tweet_Dec/status/971309288223330304

The Guardian wasn’t the only paper to take one of the adverts.

The British press is brought to you today by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. #MBS pic.twitter.com/c5WhFBCQaF

— Peter Spiegel (@SpiegelPeter) March 7, 2018

Didn’t last long next to that Guardian column though.

has anything changed about this web page i can’t be sure pic.twitter.com/lXiujnXhn2

— Alan White (@aljwhite) March 7, 2018

Now you see it.

Now you don’t.