Cameron cancels Thailand holiday
The Telegraph in England reports that British Prime Minister David Cameron has canceled his increasingly controversial trip to Thailand following mounting criticism.
One criticism was that the trip to a luxury resort “sent the wrong signal at a time when the country is facing widespread job losses and spending cuts.” Another was the “human rights record of the Thai government … [and] the fact that David Cameron was at Eton at the same time as the Thai Prime Minister, who is facing worldwide criticism for his handling of recent pro-democracy demonstrations, which ended in protesters being killed.”
It is reported that “the decision to cancel the holiday comes after Mr Cameron and his wife Samantha were urged to do so by their closest Downing Street advisers. Andy Coulson, Mr Cameron’s director of communications, intervened personally to urge the Prime Minister not to go, amid concerns that the trip could reignite personal criticism of him.”
It is added that: “Controversy over the trip was fuelled when it emerged that Mr Cameron and Abhisit Vejjajiva, the Thai Prime Minister, are both Old Etonians, and it was thought at first that Thailand might have been chosen because of the association. Downing Street dismissed this suggestion, but the denial failed to dampen criticism, including from human rights groups.”
Earlier PPT posts are here and here and Siam Voices on this story.
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