Well okay then, seems most people are not getting the rebranding joke here.
I thought the Spaniard taunt and basic history would have given it away as a snarky take on the UK Prime Minister process.
Personally, I think the Queen should have decided it.
It's like how the corporations rebranded their lobbyist enough that people accepted them as Democrats in the United States.
Same goes in England.
So I'll let this diary stand as an epic fail at international humor and a standing reminder that Americans can't remember world history before WW2.
Toodles!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/...
• £6b in year cuts in non frontline services subject to the advice from the treasury and the bank of england (Tory)
• Referendum to bring in some form of alternative vote system. Coalition members will be subject to three-line whip to force the legislation for a referendum through, but they will be free to campaign against the reforms before referendum.
• A wholly or mainly elected house of Lords
• The government will make no proposals to join the euro.
More at the link!
Today, even being of Spanish blood, I wish I was an Englishman, because then I could honestly say my leader was a liberal.