Don’t rip apart the UK over Michael Savage

James Bowden hits the UK fairly hard today over its ridiculous decision to ban Michael Savage entry into the British Isles.  I’ll bet he’s not alone.

Before we go consigning Britain to the dustbin of history, however, I would like to make sure we all remember a few things.

First, nobody in Britain elected this Prime Minister (Gordon Brown).  Sure, the Parliament was elected in 2005; I don’t mean to say Brown is illegitimate in some way.  However, the fellow who did manage to lead the Labour Party to victory that year (Tony Blair) has had it with Brown, and apparently given his (Blair’s) allies the go-ahead to get rid of him (Brown) at the first opportunity (Telegraph, UK).

Secondly, the voters are practically aching to send Brown into retirement (assuming Blair’s people don’t do it first).  The last time Labour led in the polls, Walter Stosch was still Senate Majority Leader.   It is impossible to overestimate how unpopular the Brown government is – not even the painful snubs handed out by the Obama Administration could bring Britons to come to Brown’s defense.

Finally, the opposition is having a field day over this, led by the man who is arguably Britain’s most important journalist: the blogger Guido Fawkes (just Google “UK Government expenses” and “Damian McBride” to see what I mean).

So, by all means, take good aim the Prime Minister known as the Clunking Fist, but I’m not prepared to give up on the entire country on account of a PM marking time while said country seethes with anger and desperation wishing to see him turfed.

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