From Uruk to London

Can someone from America read anything from the UK these days without having Leftist Anti-American drivel jammed down their throat? Here's the description from amazon.com of John Mortimer's new Rumpole book

From Publishers Weekly
Mortimer's curmudgeonly barrister, Horace Rumpole, defends a Pakistani doctor accused of aiding al-Qaeda in an up-to-date tale that pits Rumpole against those who use the terrorist threat as an excuse to subvert the British legal system. When Mahmood Khan, who loves the queen, roast beef and cricket as much as any respectable Englishman, is imprisoned on vague charges, Rumpole must use all his wiles—including blackmailing the odious home secretary—to ensure a fair trial.

Ah yes no Islamic radicals in England, just poor misunderstood immigrants facing the monolithic force of Western Racism.

Of course this is the same Mortimer who said

This conflict has been the biggest foreign policy mistake since the Second World War

Which means what exactly ?

Can one not read anything by an Englishmen now days. If you peruse the Introduction to Gilgamesh: A New English Version you get

To give "Gilgamesh" some contemporary relevance Mitchell tries to draw parallels between Gilgamesh's "pre-emptive strike" on Humbaba and George Bush's attack on Iraq (which just happens to be where Gilgamesh originated).

From Uruk to London you're not safe anywhere.