Ghost of a flea: Keep the home fires burning

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July 15, 2005

Keep the home fires burning

A New York Observer article is a fun read despite its baffling premise that the British stiff upper lip was believed by anyone to have gone anywhere. I particularly enjoy the commuter who felt it polite to "cut a long story short" and I shall always remember the efforts of some to keep the home fires burning during the Blitz. "Progressive" readers need fear not as the writer manages to include the obligatory leftist dismissal of any real bravery being involved and manages to conjure a tangential anti-Bush angle. The stars would still appear to be in their courses.

This, however, is the telling bit. London is not Madrid. And Britain is not Spain.

An online survey eliciting the opinions of 1,854 adults across the country found that Mr. Blair's' approval rating had flipped from negative to positive for the first time in five years, up from a mediocre 32 percent at the beginning of this year to a creditable 49 percent last Friday. The proportion wanting British troops brought home quickly had fallen, and the proportion wanting Britain to retain its close ties with the U.S. had risen.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at July 15, 2005 05:41 AM

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