To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (414524 ) 6/12/2003 3:20:24 PM From: tejek Read Replies (1) | Respond to My point is that the Brits are not letting their leaders tell them a fabrication and then looking the other way. They are looking for accountability. The Brits have always had a stronger socialistic streak than is true of this country. They still have remnants of that aristocratic class system- -nobles and commoners- -that plagued their history. Naturally, the commoners resent this and commonly take their ill will out by electing socialist gov'ts. The United States, fortunately, has never been plagued by this. Churchill? Even his enemies admit he was an great man and Britain may very well have been defeated but for him. He inspired people who had supported Chamberlain and appeasement to grow a backbone when it counted. As stated, Britain's 30-year experiment with socialism almost ruined the place. Britain used to be called "The Sick Man Of Europe". Then Margaret Thatcher took the helm and reversed course. Many state industries (such as British Rail and British Airways) were privatized. In response the British economy took off and left the old socialist states such as France and Germany, in the dust. They, of course, resented this and this became the basis of the divide in Europe between Britain and New Europe on the one hand and Old Europe (led by France and Germany) on the other.
