[Socratic]

The Blair Government is imploding at home and when Tony goes under, George will be friendless.

This sentence stopped me cold. Perhaps I'll go back to read the rest of the article, but is Australia unknown to this writer?

[Williams]

Or the new German government, Eastern Europe, Canada now, Japan, etc.

[Williams]

Oh yes, I left out an important one - Iraq. And Kuwait, Israel, many others.

[NZerFromHK]

They consider Australia as a regional power not quite equal in rank to Britain, and Japan doesn't have a bluewater military. In their eyes they still see the big five in Europe: Britain, Franxce, Germany, Spain, and Italy as powers that are a step above Canada, Australia, not to mention New Europe.

I disagree with that of course, but well, that's how London views the world.

[Daniel Wroe]

This is nonsense. Although Blair's end is (at last) in sight, it is David Cameron's Conservatives who are picking up his Tony's support. And with arch-Thatcherites and devout Atlanticists William Hague and Liam Fox placed to take over respectively as foreign and defence secretaries, British support for the War on Terror is going to be even stronger.