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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ros Taylor

Meet Mr Democracy. He's backing Blair

It's kind of sweet that a guy in America is devoting his blog to backing Tony Blair. We've got no objection, of course - in fact, pace Clark County, we're all for transatlantic consultation on how to vote. The decidedly neo-conservative Democracy Guy engages in the kind of robust lefty-bashing that is still thin on the ground in the UK blogosphere but which fired up both sides in the US election.

"Here it comes. Whining like a child who wants his mother to change the channel on the TV, the hard left of Britain is banging its shoes on the table. Please please please please?? I wanna talk about Iraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaq. Why aren't we talking about Iraaaaaaaaaaaaq? WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY!?!?"

You get the idea. The rightwing Little Green Footballs blog has also picked up on a Telegraph story alleging that the BBC encouraged people to heckle Michael Howard. "What's the status of the British blogosphere?" one reader wants to know. "We pounded [Dan] Rather like a nail and this story just begs someone to smack the BBC with a sledgehammer." Rightwing British bloggers unite! Work that North Atlantic alliance!

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