What's it take to be an international election monitor?
The below set me wondering (from Sunday's paper):
TORY MP James Gray was at the centre of a fresh controversy last
night after securing work for his 17-year-old son as an international
election monitor.
Mr Gray, one of five British MPS on a taxpayer-funded trip to
observe elections in Nepal this month, surprised other members
of the group by linking up with schoolboy William in Kathmandu -
then having him accredited by the British Embassy as a monitor,
The Foreign Office said the trip had been funded by the cross-
departmental 'Conflict Prevention Pool'. It added: 'James Gray's son
was involved in the UK's Election Observation Team in Nepal. He was working there at the time, recruited locally on a voluntary, unpaid basis and registered with appropriate authorities. The Government did not incur any costs as a result of Mr Gray’s son’s involvement.
I though that all sorts of qualifications were necessary for this job.
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