A bit of underreport…

A bit of underreported good news while Bush visits Great Britain:

The [November Guardian/ICM] survey shows that public opinion in Britain is overwhelmingly pro-American with 62% of voters believing that the US is “generally speaking a force for good, not evil, in the world”. It explodes the conventional political wisdom at Westminster that Mr Bush’s visit will prove damaging to Tony Blair. Only 15% of British voters agree with the idea that America is the “evil empire” in the world.

However, it appears that the Mayor of London hasn’t gotten the memo.

Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, launched a stinging attack on President George Bush last night, denouncing him as the “greatest threat to life on this planet that we’ve most probably ever seen”.

His provocatively timed comments, on the eve of Mr Bush’s arrival in London tonight, threaten to create severe embarrassment for the Prime Minister.

No, I’d say it’s his own embarrassment. With all the true evil out there in the world, threatening us all, the Mayor and his ilk think that George W. Bush is evil for routing the Taliban and removing a brutal dictator who’s contribution to the landscape included lavish palaces and mass graves. Talk about Newspeak…

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