Brown on Burma

He has rightly said we should not tolerate this behaviour. Yet his government has done nothing for 10 years. To be fair few governments around the world have done anything either. However now there is a growing sense of outrage can anything in fact be done?


I think there is only one player on the stage here and that is China. They are the key player and just how democratic are they and what is their human rights record like? However they are still best placed to intervene, although India could help too as it also has some influence.


Finally our own record in Burma is not the best. We never cared too much about it other than as a place that could upset the Raj. The wikipedia page on Burma is very good.