I can only see three paragraphs. The fact remains that there was only one political party that ran on an overtly anti-war platform, and it got less than a quarter of the votes.
I'm not saying there aren't anti-American elements in British politics - but I would be surprised if pundits were 100% all the time. He is wrong in this instance - I repeat, over 70% of the electorate voted for pro-war parties.
Regards, Ivan
It could be the case. London for all sorts of reasons remains the epicentre of the English-speaking world. If the United Kingdom sneezes, the rest of us Colonials and Americans will catch 'flu. Let's hope the current United Kingdom truly lives up to the numerous great leaders it had had in the past.
Found this biography of John O'Sullivan at National Review's website. He is a heavyweight in British politics, or perhaps he is a political has-been who views everything through tinted glasses, but certainly no fool.
http://www.nationalreview.com/jos/jos062703.asp John O’Sullivan is editor-in-chief of United Press International. He was Editor of National Review from 1988 to 1997 and in 1998 was named Editor-at-Large. His previous posts have included special adviser to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, associate editor of the London Times, assistant editor of the London Daily Telegraph, and editor of Policy Review.
O’Sullivan was born in Great Britain in 1942. He was educated at London University where he received a B.A. (Hons.) and a Diploma of Social Studies. He stood for Parliament as a Conservative in the 1970 general election for Gateshead West.
He is the founder and co-chairman of the New Atlantic Initiative, an international bipartisan effort dedicated to reinvigorating and expanding the Atlantic community of democracies. The NAI was formally launched at the Congress of Prague in May 1996.
O’Sullivan has published articles in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Policy Review, The National Interest, The New Criterion, the Times Literary Supplement, The American Spectator, The Spectator (London), Quadrant, and other journals.
He is on the Executive Advisory Board of the Margaret Thatcher Foundation, the Advisory Council of the Social Affairs Unit in London, and the Honorary Board of the Civic Institute in Prague. He was made a Commander of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in the 1991 New Year's Honors List. He lectures on British and American politics.
And if the Iraq war really was an important issue then the LibDims certainly missed their chance of an electoral break-through.
In fact if the Tories had been able to neutralize the UKIP/Veritas parties, for instance by including a eurosceptic statement in their program, they may have kept the Libs wins down to two places (instead of elven).
The UKIP probably cost the Tories something like 25 places - Labour's majority could have been cut even further. Hopefully, this is something they will ponder when thinking of who to chose as their new leader.