[flitton]

If all you knew of the UK was what you saw here then of course you'd think it was dire. Having said that, consider this quote from a British conservative blogger
Whilst I was away I decided to grab a copy of Barack Obama's "The Audacity of Hope" and see what the guiy was all about. To save you the time and energy I thought I would offer a quick review. In short, if you want to know what Barack Obama is all about then just read some Blair speeches and interviews from 1994 to 1997. Woolly communitarianism, a need for a "new politics", and need to tackle "cynicism", blah blah blah.
http://dizzythinks.net/2008/10/audacity-of-complete-crap.html
All you need is two terms of Obama and you are 2/3 of the way there.

[VR-21]

I suspect you’re correct flitton, perhaps 2/3’s might even be a bit optomistic. The left in our country has been very patient albeit relentless in implementing their agenda. I’m sure you’re familiar with the “boil a frog” parable, and it’s very true in our case. What’s maddening is that they were very open about their plan to take us over incrementally, and we just watched them do it. We now awaken in horror to see our schoolkids have become indoctrinated, our popular culture a global embarrasment and our media nothing but an adjunct of the Democrat (long ago evolved into a pure socialist) Party. Barack Obama’s looming presidency will be yet another coil of the collectivist snake around us, and I don’t know how many more of them we can survive.