Ironic

I love the irony of the Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika expelling the UK HIgh commissioner because he wrote that the autocratic would-be dictatator does not tolerate criticism.

Britain ordered the acting High Commissioner of Malawi to leave the UK in response to the move last month.

According to the diplomatic cable published by the local Weekend Nation newspaper last month, Mr Cochrane-Dyet described President Mutharika as "becoming ever more autocratic and intolerant of criticism"

To add insult to injury the report notes that "Britain was the country's largest aid donor"and:

Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world, with an estimated 75% of the population living on less than $1 (60p) a day.

The UK recently expressed its disappointment with Malawi and reduced aid after the government purchased an extravagant presidential jet.

It is also among the countries which condemned a new law which gives ministers power to ban publications deemed not to be in the public interest.

Source http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13327013