[Ronzo]

Britain's sizeable anti-war movement - which includes a hard core of violent anti-globalization extremists

Violent anti-war extremists? Does anyone eles see the humor in this? (Or more accurately, the stupidity?)

I guess violence is only acceptable if you are protesting the use of violence...

Truly we are living at the end of history...

[milemark]

The press play up the protesters as if they are the majority, not a radical fringe.

Protests begin but majority backs Bush visit as support for war surges

A majority of Labour voters welcome President George Bush's state visit to Britain which starts today, according to November's Guardian/ICM opinion poll.

The survey shows that public opinion in Britain is overwhelmingly pro-American with 62% of voters believing that the US is "generally speaking a force for good, not evil, in the world". It explodes the conventional political wisdom at Westminster that Mr Bush's visit will prove damaging to Tony Blair. Only 15% of British voters agree with the idea that America is the "evil empire" in the world.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

....this is a state visit, the first since Ronald Reagan visited Buckingham Palace in 1982. This means it's officially an apolitical meeting between heads of state, not heads of government, and that the president's host is Queen Elizabeth, not Prime Minister Blair.

The visit was planned two years ago, in the aftermath of 9/11.

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