Bhutto assassination - Never take democracy for granted
Yesterday’s tragic assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the leader of Pakistan’s opposition, is one such event.
Bhutto’s murder is a reminder that for all of the challenges facing Europe, that we live in peaceful, stable political times. That we have, for the moment at least, learnt the terrible lessons of our past — especially those of the last century when — twice — catastrophe beckoned. This morning catastrophe is a real possibility for Pakistan and that unfortunate country’s neighbours.