The Gift of Democracy in Pakistan

There is something a little bit unnerving about someone asking you who you're going to vote for while simultaneously holding a machine gun. And the British are squeamish about guns because we don't have guns in Britain. The last time we had access to guns, we conquered two thirds of the world's landmass and instituted slavery. I'd love to think we wouldn't, but I think we might give it a crack. We've got rosettes instead, Jon. That's even more sinister than the machine guns. It's like a psychological machine gun. Is the story coming out of Pakistan now not yet another example of democracy which we are forcibly gifted around the world going badly?