As heralded in Daniel Hannan’s blog, Saturday marked an interesting turn for the tea party movement.  Taking a page from both revolutionary and modern Americans, the Brits themselves threw a successful tea party to protest the abhorrent increase in taxes and growth of government under the Labour party.

Yet, before cherishing the irony of a “British tea party,” consider why this event shouldn’t have been so remarkable.  The shared ideals of the hundreds of thousands who have attended tea parties are, by no means, exclusively American.  Simply put, the will of free people to assert economic and individual liberty dwarfs that paltry pond known as the Atlantic.  And, for whatever the British lack in cuisine, I believe their hunger for limited, representative, and economically responsible government grows daily.  And for decent food.

*Full disclosure:  I have the highest regard for Daniel Hannan and, if biologically capable, would have his babies.

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