"Britain is more like a US colony than a state. We do what we are told, but we have no representation in the US government. "

History in reverse?


"documents where one diplomat or another thought that Putin was knothead, or whatever, are like... yawn... I really haven't seen any documents or heard of any that reveal much of anything useful..."

Basically what Kevin Rudd, our ex PM and current Foreign Minister said ... and he seemed to be the first politician to say that - some Aussie Journos said that before him...