The death of Benazir Bhutto, sadly, didn't come as a huge shock - from the day she made the fateful decision to return to Pakistan to fight January's elections there was an inevitability that an attempt would be made on her life, and so it proved. There are all sorts of theories about who was responsible, and I doubt if we'll ever really know who perpretrated the act - there is certainly a lengthy list of suspects.
I've just learned that both the son and husband of Benazir Bhutto are to take up the reins of her PPP party and will fight the election, whenever that now takes place. Again no great shock there, but whether that decision is in the best interests of democracy I'm not too sure. I'm not a supporter of political 'dynasties' - just because your mother and grandfather were politicians doesn't neccessarily mean that you will naturally inherit the skills to do the job - you won't. The Royal Family over the centuries is a pretty good example of that!
You can't help but feel that there will be a lot more blood spilled in Pakistan in the weeks ahead - and no doubt high on the assassins' list will be the latest members of the Bhutto family who have decided to take lead their party into the election.
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