Rule Britania! Britannia rule the waves.

There were two great stories regarding the mother country today.

Firstly Tony Blair was in Washington DC to collect a medal given to him by George W. Bush for winning a three-legged race at the annual White House sports day...no he didn't I am being silly, he was disqualified. Blair was actually receiving America's highest civil honour, the Medal of Freedom. This was awarded for the staunch support given to the US by Britain in sending our young soldiers to be cannon fodder in the Middle East. This feels a little like one of those loyalty cards at Best Buy, you spend $1000 and they give you $5 back. Thousands of people (soldiers and civilians) have been killed but we clearly hit the total needed for the rewards voucher. Blair described the award as a "great honour" whilst Bush said "I knew that when either of us gets in a bind, there will be a friend on the other end of the phone,", is it just me or does that sound like the tagline from a Samaritan's advert?

Secondly another story that makes you go "Arrrggggghhhh!" is members of the Royal family being oblivious to their own offensiveness. Prince Harry, only a few years removed from wearing a Nazi armband to a fancy dress party (a secondary crime here was Prince Harry's lack of commitment to fancy dress as a concept, "What just the armband? Where is the rest of the uniform?"), was caught on tape calling a fellow soldier, of Asian descent, a derogatory term. The Palace assures us that no offense was meant and that the two are friends, which will surely appease the thousands of British Asians who could one day be under this ingrate's rule, surely...no? Also Prince Charles is in hot water for calling an Asian member of his polo club Sooty, although the story doesn't clear up whether this man is or was ever a chimney sweep. Again the statements being released in defence say that "no offence was meant", "look at the good work he has done over the years", "everybody says it don't they?", you know the usual stuff. What do you expect, look at the Grandfather/father (or should that be Fuhrer) Prince Phillip who has a list of offensive statements spoken that is as long as the Royal family gene pool is small. This is what you get with people who as a family used to own countries and then had their privileges taken away.

All in all it makes you proud to be a Brit, "Cuppa tea guv'nor?", "Oh go on then".