Regarding the Thai prime minister's refusal of the EU offer to oversee the forthcoming Thai election, Surayud Chulanont might just be on to something. There are elections and referendums within the European Union that would provide lots of work for the EU's Electoral Commission, except that they won't be happening. Before his appointment as prime minister, Gordon Brown made a clear promise to hold a referendum in Britain on the EU Treaty, which envisages the transfer of a great deal of power to Brussels away from the EU's national governments.
As he has said there is "no need for a referendum," Brown can now accurately be described as a bare-faced liar. The EU Treaty is just the EU Constitution under a new name, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel has openly admitted.
The reason that Brown is denying democratic procedures to the British public is simply that the EU Treaty/Constitution has already been roundly rejected by the electorates of France and the Netherlands, and would very likely be rejected by the British, too. There is plenty for the EU's bureaucrats to oversee and clean up in their own backyard before patronizingly offering to do the same for Thailand.
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