What a sad place the world has become. In the elections to elect members for the European Parliament or MEPs the results show a sad lack of choice for people to trust. In Britain the far right British National Party has won two seats and its leader said that the members of the main parties are all liars. Of course, the main parties are suffering because of the revelations about expenses claimed by MPs. In France Nicolas Sarkozy's party have done well bcause of the divisions among the Socialists. This inspite all the lampooning Mr. Sarkozy has faced regarding his personal behaviour. Silvio Berlusconi of Italy is widely reviled as the man who uses his control of television channels to win elections and then uses parliament to block corruption cases against himself. Photographs printed in Spanish newspapers show topless girls cavorting with a naked man in his villa and his wife is divorcing him because of his penchant for teenage girls. Despite all the scandals his party has done well. The only leader with some credible popularity is Angela Merkel who is seen as a sober person getting on with her job. Of course, all the dishonourable politicians will claim to have been vindicated by the voters just as the Congress has claimed after its recent victory. This is the party which instituted the neta-babu raj synonymous with absolute corruption but won because the BJP was led by a greedy old man whose craving to become Prime Minister led him into complete negativism. It is not just Burma or China where people are deprived of any choice. All these countries which loudly extol their democratic systems have no choice either. How extremely tragic.