Singapore Diplomat Kishore Mahbubani Slams UK, Calls for India’s UN Seat

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has expressed support for India’s bid for a permanent seat at the UN Security Council. Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani previously criticized the UK

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00:00We want to see India taking its rightful place on the UN Security Council.

00:04Saying it's time for UK to give up its permanent seat in the Security Council to India.

00:08They got to rule India for 200 years, so the least they can do is repay back India by giving their permanent seat to India.

00:14Two days before UK Prime Minister Keir Stama bagged India's bid for a UN seat on October 9,

00:18Singaporean diplomat and former UN Security Council President Kishore Mahbubani gave these remarks,

00:23critical of the UK, while speaking at an event in Singapore.

00:26This video was widely circulating online.

00:28Founders of the UN intended the veto to be given to the great powers of the day and not the great powers of yesterday.

00:40And I want to emphasise that the British are acutely aware that their seat is hard to justify,

00:45which is why they haven't used their veto for over 40 years, 50 years.

00:49They dare not use their veto.

00:51The minute they use their veto, I do want to say, who are you?

00:54These reports echo diplomat Kishore's views too.

00:56Once the world's second largest economy in 1960, the UK now ranks 6th.

01:01According to a 2025 Centre for European Reform report,

01:04the UK is currently experiencing the most severe trade stagnation in a generation.

01:08As recently as the year 2000, the British economy was close to four times bigger than India's.

01:15The UK's exit from the European Union has further negatively impacted the country's exports.

01:19Today, UK is smaller than India.

01:24And by 2050, India will be four times bigger than UK.

01:31Long.

01:33Long.

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