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Ahhh, Those Lovable "Anti-War" Leftists in London.... The London StreetsWho are these anti-Bush people?By Amir Taheri LONDON — George W. Bush's visit to London this week will be historic for at least two reasons. He will be the first U.S. president to come to Britain on a state visit. He will also observe a bizarre political marriage: one between the remnants of the Marxist-Leninist Left and militant Islamists. Negotiated over the past two years, the "wedding," will be celebrated in a mass demonstration against Bush's visit. The demonstration is organized by a shadowy group called "Stop the War Coalition," part...

George Galloway has been expelled from the Labour Party in the wake of his outspoken comments on the Iraq war. The MP for Glasgow Kelvin had already branded a disciplinary hearing a "show trial". He said he would "certainly" run as an independent at the next election and that Labour would rue the day it decided to throw him out. Mr Galloway faced five charges relating to a television interview during the war in which he accused Mr Blair and George Bush of acting "like wolves" in invading Iraq. The charges faced by Mr Galloway were understood to be that:...