He may be right if the establishment 's main weapon is television advertising , funded from afar .
如果权势派的主要武器是远道而来的资金资助的电视竞选广告,他可能是对的。
Having watched from afar as the sri lankan army crushed the liberation tigers of tamil eelam in 2009 , british tamils are again transfixed by a campaign on the island-this time for an election .