If the UK is full of voters like this...
...how ever can you take their reserve of geopolitical will seriously:
And I thought Democratic Florida voters were the pinnacle of political ignorance.
HATFIELD, England (AP) - Melanie Johnson swept into British Parliament in 1997 on a wave of enthusiasm for Tony Blair's Labour Party. With many Britons now souring on the prime minister, this may be the election one of his most loyal lieutenants loses her job. Blair's campaign to retain his commanding House of Commons majority will be decided Thursday in hard-fought races across the country, and Johnson's is one of the tightest.
Her close ties to the prime minister, a big asset when he was the popular face of change, have become a burden in a year when many voters are weary of his leadership and angry over what they see as his dishonesty, particularly on Iraq.It's a battle for the votes of people like Kay Young, 43, who says she likes both the Conservative and Labour candidates but hasn't decided which way to vote. "I really don't want Tony Blair in," she said. "I disagree with his dictatorship. I disagree with Iraq."
Hmm, so basically, she's torn between the democratic choice between a an MP from a "dictator's" party and a party of feckless Thatcher shadows.
And I thought Democratic Florida voters were the pinnacle of political ignorance.



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