There's no hypocrisy here. I don't know a single person who in any way supports the Criminal Invasion of Iraq. Neither do any of THEM. I can't speak personally about further iterations of that opinion, but I think it's a solid indicator of the true opinion held in Britain. Didn't you see how many people protested here against the Iraq Invasion the length and breadth of the UK? How about the marches after the invasion? Where you even allowed to see our marches on your muzzled media? I bet you only had access to those scenes thanks to your fantastic, vital Bloggers.

Despite very loud public protest Blair continually lied to Parliament and convinced them to sanction our filthy part in the murderous Imperialist Invasion. For a brief period all the mainstream media fell into line and supported the troops, but very quickly they started asking questions about the ensuing slaughter of the innocents as it became clear to all of us that not only had the US initiated this action with no thought whatsoever for safeguarding the security of the civilian population (allowing crucial ministries to be ransacked at will - how convenient was THAT?), but also that the entire venture was solely designed to allow those vile Corporate thieves to engorge themselves like the leeches and parasites they are at both the American taxpayers and the Iraqi nation's expense, the likes of which utter greed hasn't been witnessed for decades.

So... how on earth did Blair get re-elected in 2004 if we're all so against him? The only alternative to Blair at the time was the Conservative Party, and we weren't going to let THOSE bullies and crooks back in. There was simply no credible or competent alternative. When it came to the crunch, people at the time gave Blair the benefit of the doubt. Much less was known then in the public domain about the abuse of Intelligence and the internal cover-ups that went on as Blair picked up a few tactics from the Bushites and cloaked himself in sickening quasi-religious piety and conviction about the whole matter.

No one major news organisation has yet had the courage to take an openly anti-Blair stance generally, and we find ourselves still being force-fed a succession of propogandised memes such as "The War on Terror" and "Home-Grown Militants" etc. which serves to ramp up the Fear Factor, just as it does over on your side. I'm sure you all understand the power of this pervasive Establishment propoganda on general perceptions.

A HUGE number of us Britons want Tony Blair to face charges at the International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague for Crimes Against Humanity, and, despite an almost complete right-wing press blackout of such movements of public mood (due largely to Rupert Murdoch, of course), there is constant agitation taking place to force the matter into wide open view. It proves a difficult job of course because the Government completely controls access to crucial minutes of meetings, memos tec., despite our laughably-named Freedom of Information Act, but dedicated activists are persisting in prizing open the lid on Bliar's filthy dealings with your Madman.

What we DO have over here is a much freer TV network, which has fought all the way to present TRULY balanced reportage and opinion. The BBC, sadly, is not as courageous as it used to be thanks to disgraceful interference by Blair following the Hutton Report, but the baton has been picked up by the other mainstream stations, and they're running with it. Information's getting into the mainstream bit by bit.

A major TV series being run over here at the moment is looking in depth at the causes and development of the Anti Vietnam War movement, and has had some amazing interviews with Veterans and Civilians alike. THOSE are the Americans we admire, because they were willing to stand up and be counted, despite the vicious reactions and cruel punishment they received from the Establishment for daring to defy them.

We look at Fox News from over here and are just astonished at how Murdoch has been allowed to offer himself as the Neo-Con Minister of Propoganda. Believe me, he would NEVER get away with that kind of outright corruption in Europe. He tries, but he's disliked and distrusted. Sadly he's obscenely rich and has great influence. That's the allure of Corporatism for you.

Whether it hurts some of you to read the article above or just serves as a confirmation of something you already guessed, I must inform you that the YouGov poll is going to be pretty accurate statistically. YouGov have an excellent reputation.

The fact is that modern Britain has moved on from the past, yet has taken crucial lessons from that blood-drenched past regarding the abuse and subjugation of other peoples for reasons of power and colonial corruption. We don't think like the average American. We don't drop to the floor in unquestioning abbeyance at the very sight of our flag, we regard the power-cravings of religion with a healthy suspicion, and we are more and more criticaly informed of the inhumanity of unregulated Corporatism and the damage it is doing to the world.

Truth is we're waiting and hoping that True Americans can regain their country from the murderous criminals and religious extremists who have you just where they want you. Believe me, we're on your side.

PETE

The European press, as a whole, surpass their US counterparts as journalists. Al Jazeera is even more likely to do actual reporting of the facts on the ground rather than merely the intermediary between Bush press releases and other propaganda and the American public.