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It seems the Brits are a generation ahead of us in that their seniors would have loved our internet, but their middle aged and younger populace are too far gone, and don't care because they don't think they can have an effect. Worse, the passion for freedom that fuels our generation doesn't seem apparent, but what do I know?

From this side of the Atlantic, I see plenty of liberal politics in the U.K., and plenty of liberal media, but a lack of conservative concensus in the population to bitch about it. Mad Ivan better light some fires. The younger Brits will learn that they run the show if they'll just get off their arses.

I worked in the UK for a year, and we had many heated political discussions. One Scot had a comment I will never forget - he said that while the US and UK systems of gov't look similar on the surface, they really are not.
In the UK, the people have the rights that are granted to them by the state; in the US, the people have all the rights they haven't ceded to the state.

That is a profound difference, and it affects the way people think about politics.

They need to focus on issues that bother Britons about their liberal government. Let them moan about what bothers them but guide the threads toward conservative solutions. The heart of the lion still beats in Britain and I believe that they will surprise the world. I really think that once the British start thinking about solutions and that any truck driver, teacher, soldier or mechanic is free to offer them, they will get very excited. To give an example, there is a home tobacco growing forum and wine making site in England which is in essence a discussion forum site. The person who runs it started it due to the burdens and restrictions imposed on the common man by the government. The site focuses on solutions to topic related problems. The moderator is both strict and encouraging to his members. I know just from visiting that site that the British can run one heck of a discussion forum with much humor and grace. I look forward to visiting a good conservative British site in the future.