This proposed approach, seen by some as a potential diplomatic opening, is provoking reactions within the UK. “I have never supported the return of the Marbles to Greece,” stated Kemi Badenoch, a prominent member of the Conservative Party. “The Critic's publication is confused, incorrectly claiming the Charities Act overrides existing laws concerning national museums like the British Museum,” remarked Dan Hicks, a professor of contemporary archaeology at the University of Oxford.
