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Dumb show

Charlie Brooker for The Guardian: “I’m trying to work out why Bush is afforded any kind of credence or respect whatsoever in his native country. His performance is so transparently bizarre, so feeble and stumbling, it’s a miracle he wasn’t laughed off the stage.”

And Bush’s reaction? Of course, he’s delighted.

We like Americans, we don’t like Bush

A Guardian/ICM survey with interesting results: “A majority of British voters now say they disagree with the idea that American democracy remains a model to other nations—and that from a country which still retains a monarchy and does not have a written constitution.”