Oh, hello again Mr ElBaradei. It’s been well over two years since I last wrote about Egypt. Since then, there’s been a lot of changes. But in a rather peculiar way, things are the same again. A heavy-handed and out-of-touch presidency is toppled by a de facto alliance of a millions-strong insurgency and the military, and once again the mercurial Mohamed ElBaradei prepared to act as an interim figure until things die down and elections are called.
The only difference between this time and last is, unlike ElBaradei and his military friends, his predecessor – the hapless Mohammed Morsi – actually had democratic credentials he could brag about. Oh, and that ElBaradei actually made it into the interim’s chair on this occasion.
