The way i see it

like a call back. And it works. Sounds a good idea to me. Calls to Vodafone from Ireland are routed to a call centre in Egypt. The Vodafone team, all Egyptians, speak perfect English although some of them have never lived in an English speaking country. They must have a top-class education system.

On a more serious note. What about the ethics of Vodafone having a call centre in Egypt? The Egyptian authorities are not at the top of the class when it comes to treating all its citizens with respect and dignity. Some human rights groups estimate that up to 40,000 political prisoners have been detained in the country. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s government has been accused of human rights violations.

My new Apple phone is the latest word in technology but what price are we paying for our luxuries? It was assembled in China and I am thinking of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, who won the prize for his writings promoting democracy. He died at 61 in 2017 having spent many years in prison. His ‘crime’ was his life-long and non-violent struggle for human rights in China.

Really, for how long and how far can we ride the tiger?