I've been told by a British acquaintance that Gray Davis (CA gov) is mor
socialistic than Tony Blair; that the old line Labour party "big
government" type thing is out of fashion in Britain; that George Bush's
speech sounded like something that could have come from "New Labour!" So
I'm wondering: would anybody like to start an in-depth comparative
analysis of the current state of UK versus US politics. Anybody here lived
in more than one nation maybe? Most Americans have the stereotype of
Europe as being very socialist and the US very free market. (Well this
buying the utilities, if that isn't socialist...) I mean, much did get
privatized, but I don't *think* they're going to sell off the National
Health Service (heaven forbid! but single payer health care is politically
impossible in America as always. ANd no one would be willing to pay a
value added tax which is probably what would be needed to support it.) So
is California more socialist than the UK?
Kristin
