Oh, what great company we are keeping these days

This article from yesterday's Times amused me. The Council of Europe is investigating Britain for abuse of human rights. Relating to postal vote fraud. We are on a par with "newly toppled dictatorships." Again, the policies of Blair have brought us international embarrassment and condemnation. Thanks, Tony.

And the best bit of the article? Belarus - a country with a fairly interesting human rights record to say the least - is able to challenge the UK. They stated at recent international meeting:

“Our delegation is concerned about the current postal voting system in the UK, in which there exists a potential risk of violations of the principle of equal elections and of extensive abuses.”

Let's get this clear - this is the govenment of Lukashenko, this is the last dictatorship in Europe - and they are able to score points off us over elections. It is difficult to know whether to laugh or cry.

But perhaps Lukashenko and his cronies can offer Nu Labour some advice on electoral fraud. After all, Lukashenko managed to get 82.4% of the vote in his last election. Nu Labour, despite having some local elections that "would disgrace a banana republic", can only muster 22% support from the electorate. Nu Labour are so crap that they cannot be competently corrupt.