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I thought about Lerner the other day when, seeking news of the British election, I chanced to glance at the headlines at the Daily Mail website. Together they formed an epic prose poem of futuristic dystopian sci-fi played by a company of West End trouser-droppers.

A Clockwork Orange comes to reality.

In the United Kingdom, “civilized society” cedes turf remorselessly: The highest drug use in Europe, highest incidence of sexually transmitted disease, highest number of single mothers. Marriage is all but defunct, except for toffs, upscale gays, and Muslims.

Is the United Kingdom finished?

Is the United Kingdom finished?

Whether the UK is finished is a choice, not a fact. It depends on whether real Brits who still hold their traditional values cry, 'Hold, enough!' or are content to 'go gentle into that good night'. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord, and I suspect the American people are ready to follow a leader who serves God too. In that leader's words, 'Don't retreat - reload'. If the Brits won't save themselves on their own initiative, perhaps they will follow us, and that may be part of the reason why the forces of totalitarianism are so anxious to stop Palin and others who stand for freedom.

"Is the United Kingdom finished?" I'm afraid the answer is very likely a yes. This is the latest post from a Briton who leans towards Chris Patten type of moderate Conservative. (He is a liberal Catholic of Indonesian-Chinese origin, and usually resides in HK). Sorry that it is in Chinese. When even people like such, who are not really that conservative on the American political spectrum, says there is nothing conservative among the current British political parties, you know the country is in trouble: http://martinoei.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/當選民面對三個都係工黨果陣/ 當選民面對三個都係工黨果陣英國路透：Party leaders experience people’s power in action 作為一個保守主義者，當你聽到保守黨主席金馬倫（我決定不用甘民樂這個膠到無朋友的譯法，都不知是否工黨整蠱佢），都支持「生活工資」（Living Wages）呢個比最低工資更左一籌嘅理念果陣，更印證小弟所講，我依家只係喺三個工黨之間是但揀一個，喺經濟政策上，無真正嘅保守黨俾我揀。 Translation: When voters face 3 Labour Parties Reuters: Party leaders experience people’s power in action As a conservative, when you see even the Conservative Party leader David Cameron (金馬倫) (I refuse to use the official Chinese translation (甘民樂) as it is absolutely comically insulting [Note: Cantonese slang homophone] translation, and perhaps it must be a trick by the Labour Party in power] supports the concept of living wages which is even more left-leaning than the minimum wage, it confirms my view that nowadays the Conservative Party is just a slightly more conservative version of the Labour Party. In other words, I'm forced to choose between three Labour Parties instead of one, and on economic policy area, there is no real Conservative Party for me to choose.