[politics] three departing pms, three methods

Times online photo today

In Hungary, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany refuses to stand down after lies and street battles. Hungary's defiant leader said that he would use all legal means necessary to stop the rioting. “The longest and darkest night of the third Hungarian Republic is behind us,” the Prime Minister said on state television. In Thailand, the military takes over whilst PM Thaksin Shinawatra decides the crisis is over and he’s still PM. In Africa, the same. In Britain, Tony Blair does it slightly differently. Have to say it but I think we have the better democracy, for all its faults.