Fiji - The Clunking Fist of Gubment - Beckett roars

The UK Foreign Office today revised its travel advice for Fiji.

"We advise against all but essential travel to Suva. On 5 December, the Fiji Military Commander dismissed the elected Prime Minister and Government of Fiji and announced that he had assumed control of the country. A state of emergency is now in place in Fiji and curfews could be imposed without warning. Although the security situation in Fiji is currently calm, it could deteriorate at short notice. The British High Commission in Suva is monitoring events closely. If you are in Fiji, you should register with the British High Commission."

Previous posts (5) by Lord Patel on progress of military coup here

Please pray for Margaret Beckett as she faces the problems of this far flung Commonwealth outpost. Those who don't hang on her every word may be fascinated by this remark reproduced at the FO website she made to the ITV program (pic) 'THE MORAL OF THE STORY' today concerning Iraq and it's recent history.

" .....And, you know, still now from time to time these mass graves turn up but really nobody's terribly interested because the world has moved on."

Which must really comfort the widowed, fatherless, the orphaned ..... and other victims of the Terror of Tikrit. Blessed Margaret, the right word, in the right place ...at the ..er...right time.