That the Tories would actually adopt Michael Moore as a totem is, shall we say, embarrassing? It certainly makes a statement about their probable irrelevance, long-term. When you've got a dominant Labor party that kisses Moore's feet, there is no need for a Conservative party that kisses another part of his anatomy.
Your characterization of Kerry as "[t]he type that you often see in British Colonial administrations in India, Malaya, or East Africa circa 1935" is crystalline. Kerry in a pith helmet, wearing shorts and sensible shoes, riding a sedan chair through the dusty streets of Delhi, then taking an evening gin & tonic in the garden is no stretch to imagine. I can even see the riding crop...
I also agree with swilhelm's observation that the anti-war views of both the Tories and the Democrats might be borne more of political opportunism than conviction. By the same token, both parties strike me as "wannabes" -- wanting to assume a leadership role in their nation's defense, out of mere jealousy and envy, but fundamentally incapable of undertaking such a demanding task.
To say that I'm disappointed in the sclerotic strain of socialism that seems to animate Britain nowadays would be an understatement. Perhaps, this too shall pass. But, given the evident state of the Tories and the inclinations of a post-Blair Labor, I've no idea where any change for the better might come from.
I still shiver at the prospect of a Great Britain forever submerged in the socialist swamps of the EU. What a loss to the world that would be...