Never underestimate our freedom

This demonstration in Trafalgar Square over the weekend was a reminder, if we needed it, of just how much we take our freedom for granted. It is the consensus of informed opinion that the elections in Burma were as rigged as it is possible to be, the National League for Democracy boycotted them. And this weekend (supposedly) Aung San Suu Kyi will be released from her house arrest, conveniently after the election.