The party of Thatcher
What has happened in Great Britain is quite remarkable. The Conservatives are the ones pushing away from their country's alliance with the United States?
Politics is a strange business.
Consider the new, friendly, Conservative Party, as written by Christopher Hitchens:
"If you look at it in this light, it can even seem like a plus that the latest leader of Margaret Thatcher's no-nonsense party is now inescapably linked to certain dreamy voyages of the imagination. But I can't easily adjust to the fact that for the first time in memory, there is nothing intimidating about the British Conservative Party. For all I know, its current leader might regard that as a compliment."

The fact that David Cameron is in the same party as Margaret Thatcher is confusing to me. But I do think the Conservative Party's transformation can be traced to Tony Blair's lack of popularity, and the perception by some that he answers to President Bush. The second part of that is a joke, in my opinion. But too often, perception becomes reality.