England is finished.
By saying this I don't mean to imply that all is rosy in the UK, but to be fair there have been a few things happening lately which may provide cause for some optimism.
Cameron hails by-election victory (MORE great news for Conservatives in the UK)
(BNP beats Labour in important recent election)
Ken's partner axed as Boris Johnson purges City Hall 'wimmin'(London Mayor Update)
Others whose jobs were deleted were Mr Livingstone's Left-wing cultural and events adviser, Jude Woodward, his planning chief Eleanor Young and his "senior policy adviser on the creative industries" Emma St Giles.
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Ms Woodward is the most contentious of the five as she is a member of Socialist Action, the secretive far-Left group seen as having run City Hall for the past eight years.