He really is a uniter
By At least of the major political parties in the United Kingdom. Apparently, 10 Downing is quietly cheering for a Kerry victory. Much of the rest of the party is not-so-quietly cheering:
John Kerry supporters in America have been told by Peter Hain that Downing Street is hoping the Democratic candidate wins the US presidential election in November.
But in a sign of frustration inside the Labour party over the government’s neutrality, the Blairite group Progress is to issue a scathing attack on Mr Bush’s record, although the group is sympathetic to the action in Iraq; Alan Milburn, the former cabinet minister, is its honorary president.
As Paperwight has noted, the Tories also have a few problems with W.:
Michael Howard issued a blistering rebuff to George W Bush yesterday after the President barred the Tory leader from the White House as punishment for his attacks on Tony Blair over the Iraq War.
I wonder how many mainstream European political parties would like to see Bush re-elected? Remember that Chirac is on the right in France. I suppose Berlusconi’s party, but who else? Even those who approve of his goals don’t want to be associated with him.