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Thanks for the British cultural angle... I'm curious, though... Are you saying most Brits wouldn't bat an eyelash


You need to remember that the UK papers live for sensationalism, so certainly we would bat an eyelash but that would be the intended effect of such a piece.

I am not aware of any UK paper that has actually inferred that Blair should be assasinated but in the last year they have claimed that David Kelly, the government weapons scientist, was killed by order of Tony Blair and that Blair is partially responsible for Ken Bigleys death and should be tried. Not just by the traditional tabloids but by the more respected papers too.

Edit: Remember, the "assasinate" is in reference to how the rest of the world perceives the US acting, so a better question would be how would the British people react if Al-Jazera ran a piece about Tony Blair being tried in a International court with an Iraqi Judge, for ordering British troups to take part in an illegal war. Now, several UK papers have already claimed that Blair has broken international law in this respect.


Edited by mdavey (24/10/2004 19:03)