Polygamists In The UK Can Get Benifits For All Their Wives. It's Only Fair...

You wonder why conservatives think it's ok to legislate marriage? Here you go (hat tip: Hot Air):

Officials said yesterday a review was now under way into whether the state should continue to pay out income support, jobseeker’s allowance and housing and council tax benefits to ‘extra’ spouses…

[I]f a husband and his wives arrive and settle in Britain having wed in a country where polygamy is legal, then the UK benefits system recognises his extra wives as dependents and pays them accordingly…

You allow gay marriage, where do you draw the line? Why not allow Polygamy as well? Why not lower the age of consent? Why can't a man be with a goat? Who are we to get in the way of his and the goat's happiness?

Gore Takes 'Current TV' To The UK, Saving Democracy As We Know It!

Well, The Goracle has taken his "Current TV" channel to the UK, claiming that it "could help save democracy." Kind of like "Air America" helped save American democracy?

Liberals have their platform; the mainstream media. I don't see how introducing yet another liberal demagogue television network to the mix will in any way help democracy, but then, Al Gore's never been one to follow logic.

Girl Has No Right To Full-Face Veil In Class

Score one for civilized society in Britain:

A 12-year-old schoolgirl has failed in an attempted legal challenge to her school's ban on a full-face veil.

Mr Justice Silber had been told that the girl's three older sisters had attended the same school and had worn the niqab with no problems.

But the school, in Buckinghamshire, had told the girl it was not acceptable because teachers believed it would make communication and learning difficult.

The judge has now rejected her lawyers' arguments for a judicial review.

They said after the judgment that the family were "bitterly disappointed".

They are considering making an appeal, but would have to make a separate application for this as the judge refused them permission to do so.

For legal reasons the girl and the school have not been identified publicly.

Gee. I don't see how completely covering your face and body could be an impediment to learning and proper communication between student and teacher, do you?

Britains' Pullout Good?

Here's a spin on Britains' pullout that I never would have thought of. Who knows, maybe it's true:

British Prime Minister Tony Blair's announcement that British troops will begin withdrawing from Iraq would appear to be bad news for the Bush administration.

Blair said today that Britain will cut its forces in Iraq to 5,500 by summer, down from 7,100 currently. And additional cuts to as few as 5,000 British troops in Iraq are possible by the end of summer, Blair said.

But in an exclusive interview with ABC News, Vice President Dick Cheney said the move was actually good news and a sign of progress in Iraq.

"Well, I look at it and see it is actually an affirmation that there are parts of Iraq where things are going pretty well," Cheney told ABC News' Jonathan Karl.

"In fact, I talked to a friend just the other day who had driven to Baghdad down to Basra, seven hours, found the situation dramatically improved from a year or so ago, sort of validated the British view they had made progress in southern Iraq and that they can therefore reduce their force levels," Cheney said.

Britain - Pulling Out For Harry?

Interesting:

Britain's official policy on Iraq is that its troops will leave as soon as they can hand control over to Iraqis. But there is one particular soldier who, according to a crescendo of British newspaper reports, does not seem quite so replaceable.

Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne and second son of Prince Charles, is an army officer, reportedly with a hankering to be treated as just another soldier in line for rotation in southern Iraq.

The Ministry of Defense has dismissed the idea as speculation, but newspapers have already started speculating on a different tack — not so much about whether he will be deployed in Iraq as about his security if he does go. He would, one report said, be a "bullet magnet" in an area where British troops confront what the authorities here call Iranian-backed Shiite insurgents.

Of course, they don't explicitly state it, but I'm assuming that they're saying Britain is pulling out of Iraq to protect the Prince, which to me, is bullshit. Like there aren't other strings that Harry's father could have pulled rather than convincing Tony Blair to leave Iraq entirely. Yeah. Bullshit.

Nine Nabbed In Britain On Terror Charges

Nine Islamofascists have been nabbed in the UK for planning a horrible act of terror:

Counterterrorism police arrested nine men in an alleged kidnapping plot Wednesday _ a plan that reportedly involved torturing and beheading a British Muslim soldier and broadcasting the killing on the Internet...

A dozen houses and two Islamic bookshops were cordoned off and being searched.

I hope they hang, of course, in the UK they won't. After all, don't you think nine men who planned on pointlessly beheading an innocent man can be reformed? No? Me neither...

Smokers' Oppression In The EU

Bad news for smokers in the EU: law makers there are trying to make the entire EU a "smoke-free zone."

If you live in Europe, smoking should be the least of your worries, what with crazy "youths" rioting, Muslims blowing things up, an aging population, and a monstrous health care system.

Video Of Failed 7/21 UK Terrorist

Hat tip to LGF who has the video of one of the failed UK 7/22 bombers, who turns his back to a woman with her baby just before attempting to detonate his bomb filled with nails. Thank God it didn't detonate, or her name and that of her infant would be among a list of Lord knows how many dead.

RoP: 'We Drink the Blood Of The Enemy'

More from the "Religion of Peace" in the UK:

At a recent debate over the battle for Islamic ideals in England, a British-born Muslim stood before the crowd and said Prophet Mohammed's message to nonbelievers is: "I come to slaughter all of you."

"We are the Muslims," said Omar Brooks, an extremist also known as Abu Izzadeen. "We drink the blood of the enemy, and we can face them anywhere. That is Islam and that is jihad."

How lovely. I can see how liberals sometimes get confused and say Mohammed had the same message as Jesus.

Those Scots Are At It Again

Blair warns against Scottish independence
Tony Blair has warned against any bid to break Britain apart, saying it would be "a crazy" step 300 years after Scotland and England united.

Blair's warning Tuesday came as the Scottish National Party (SNP) used the anniversary of their union to launch a fresh drive for independence, while some opinion polls suggested a majority of Scots and English want to separate.

I know I wouldn't want to be part of Britain or Scotland, so it's no wonder Brits and Scots support breaking apart.

More Stomping Of Smokers' Rights

More fascist stomping of smokers' rights in the UK: "UK Couple Faces Smoking Probe In Own Home." Apparently the neighbor alleges she can smell smoke in her living room. Cry me a river!

"It Will Be A Miracle If There Isn't A Terror Attack Over The Holidays In London"

Via Drudge: "London Braces for Attack; 'Miracle' If There Isn't One:"

British intelligence and law enforcement officials have passed on a grim assessment to their U.S. counterparts, "It will be a miracle if there isn't a terror attack over the holidays in London," a senior American law enforcement official tells ABCNews.com...

"It is not a matter of if there will be an attack, but how bad the attack will be," an intelligence official told ABCNews.com.