What is David Cameron doing in Kazakhstan? | Simon Jenkins

Of course Britain must do business with Kazakhstan, but it doesn't have to give the regime its political blessing

Why has David Cameron vanished to Kazakhstan? It takes most prime ministers a second term to flee British politics and seek a career on "the world stage". Cameron is hardly out of a plane these days, usually with a tour party of business cronies and a promise of some vague trade package.

The Kazak dictator for life, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has promised Cameron "£85m in trade deals", i...