[NoamChimpsky]

Just curious, have you actually been to the UK recently, or is this utterance about "totalitarianism" based on your governmental studies?

I think the UK is in fine shape, Tony Blair in standing form.

At least he isn't calling Bush a "hitler" like some pacifist Germans in government (or formerly in government, that is).

[Bogolyubski]

No, I haven't been there in a long time actually. Which is why I predicated my statements on the conditions described in the article being accurate. That said, I have grave doubts that a country with no right of self-defense and 80 people being arrested for thought crimes being in "fine shape." I expect Mr. Blair is supporting a war in Iraq as a means of deflecting people's attention from the disasterous policies at home.