The UK will provide expertise in physical security, cybersecurity and counter-terrorism to the oil-rich Gulf Arab state. It comes as Kuwait is experiencing a wave of anti-government protests....it would provide "state-of-the-art surveillance and command-and-control systems as used in the London Olympics".
Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20530427

Some may say this is a gamble, but since the UK's stance on Bahrain has been to speak quietly not unexpected.