Saving Little Georgia

Daveybloke, the Cuddly Conservative, has been doing the statesman thing by huffing and puffing about the Russian Bear's apparent attempt at regime change in Georgia. Daveybloke observed that Russia has used massive and disproportionate force, breached international law, violated the territory of a sovereign state and is acting as a "massive and dangerous bully"; quite unlike, say, the United States and its little helper in Iraq or the Righteous State in Lebanon and the occupied territories. Daveybloke also called for Georgia to be allowed to join NATO sooner than planned; not out of any particular regard for the rights of Georgians, but because other NATO members (for which read the United States and its little helper) would have "greater leverage" over what happened there.

Two hours after Daveybloke did his statesman thing, the Glorious Successor had gathered sufficient courage to triangulate between the Cuddly Conservative's echt-Churchillian blather and the UN call for a general ceasefire which Gordon's government helped to block three days ago. As befits a New New Labour leader, Gordon expressed concern about Russia's faulty public relations strategy, noting that its present actions "will only serve to damage Russia's international reputation and its relations with countries across the globe".