A dangerous political development in the Mother Country. As a Colonial I know Britain is becoming New Zealand-ized, Canadianized, or even Germanized just as we speak. Rich and bored, the modern Britons strike me as more like typical left-leaning blue state Americans minute by minute. This anti-Americanism is a funny mix of New Left, Old Right, and postmodern soft-headedness philosophies, and as O'Sullivan had explained, is much more mainstream and widespread than any previous anti-Americanism in British political landscape.
Will the United Kingdom go down the path as Germany Mk II in terms of the big issues like Europe, War on Terror, foreign and defence policies, and relations with the United States? Will we see the end of the Britain as a great nation, marked by brilliant statesmen such as Benjamin Disraeli, William Gladstone, Sir Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher?
Ping!
WE will certainly see here in the next ten years.....
I kind of doubt the British people will vote for the EU constitution. Not only is that a shot against the US, but it is a shot against the British, who has really dominated Western Europe for something like 9 centuries....
Britain ping!
The National Review needs to ponder carefully on this fact - 70% of the electorate voted for parties in favour of the Iraq War. YouGov polls indicated it was not the biggest issue on the doorstep.
The reason why Labour lost so many seats is the whiff of rot. Keep in mind, they've been in office for 8 years.
There is no obvious anti-American trends in British politics - the only anti-Bush statements came from the Liberal Democrats.
I realise journalism often gets mileage out of inventing hobgoblins, but this is not particularly a good one.
Regards, Ivan
from something I heard on Fox, I would have to ask how much of the anti-Americanism is from immigration? That seemed to be considered to be the main problem in this past election. (I hope W gets the picture, and does something here.)
"Americans are accustomed to thinking of Britain as their most reliable ally"
Only if they are geography challenged and don't think of Australia.
Save for the Thatcher/Major era, the Poms have been wonky for generations. Once Blair goes - and he will go sooner than later - Britain will revert to form. The place is completely stuffed!
If America is relying on Britain for any long-term support, it is in for a major letdown.
Much better for the US to look to Australia. We Aussies, apart from a brief peiod in the '70s under the lunatic Whitlam, have ALWAYS stood shoulder-to-shoulder with our American cousins.
A lot of them are the exact same in every country of the world, including my own. Hell, look at our own media. Newsweak, the Slimes, CNN, Dan Blather. They are the worst self-haters I've seen. If you take 10 dirtball anarchist and hard-left academia types from any Western Country in the world, you'll find that they are easy to pick out anywhere. The only difference is the accent.