Cindy Sheehan arrived in Britain Wednesday where officialdom has taken some notice. The Mayor of London Ken Livingstone threw a party (a "bash," if the American Spectator is to be believed) where he was generous in his support for the antiwar movement and evil-tongued in his descriptions of the Bush administration. Just the way I like it.

David Swanson writes,

Ken Livingstone ... denounced the Bush Administration as "a gang of thugs." He praised the work of those present from the US and the UK who have worked to end the war, including offering high praise for Cindy Sheehan, who also spoke.

"You are the majority of Londoners," Livingstone said, referring to those who want the war ended and who view the behavior of the Bush Administration as criminal. In reference to reports that Bush wanted to bomb the headquarters of Al Jazeera, Livingstone said "Anywhere else we call that Murder Incorporated."
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Before Livingstone introduced Cindy, he mentioned that the media sometimes calls him "anti-American." He said: "I'm not anti-American. I love America. I love Americans' competence, their lack of deference, their belief that they can achieve their best. I hope some day we can get a government as good as the American people, a government with the morality of Cindy."

Sheehan didn't let them forget Tony Blair—

"The Mayor did call them gangsters," Cindy said of the Bush Administration, "and that's right. But, " she told the crowd, "your prime minister is an accomplice."
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"We need an investigation! We are fighting for impeachment of these criminals!"

That line got huge applause.

The Mayor closed by quoting a remark that William Jennings Bryan made in response to Carnegie claiming he loved America: "We're glad you love America. When you're done with it, can we have it back?"

Yesterday Sheehan was in Scotland where she's been joined by Rose Gentle, a Scottish mother and antiwar campaigner whose son was also killed in Iraq. The Socialist members of the Scottish Parliament demanded that the First Minister Jack McConnell meet with her, but unsurprisingly he refused. After all, he had supported the war.

Today Sheehan and a group of British war moms are to meet with some union leaders. And tomorrow there's a sold out conference followed in the evening with the debut of a play by Dario Fo—Peace Mom.

Neither Bush nor Blair can stop Cindy Sheehan from making the headlines, and that alone is a strong antiwar message.

Sheehan will be in Spain next week.