Reply #14: Is this woman the British equivalent of a neocon? not sure.....

[Flabbergasted]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Phillips

The BBC has said that Phillips "is regarded as one of the media's leading right-wing voices" and a "controversial" columnist,<4> although she defines herself as a progressive and a defender of liberal democracy.<5> She began her career on the liberal left<3> with the Guardian newspaper, and her gradual drift to the centre-right of the political spectrum has been mirrored by her journalistic career: she now writes for the Daily Mail. She has used her Daily Mail columns and her blog to discuss, amongst other issues, progressive teaching methods,<6> science,<7> Islam,<8> anti-semitism, and Israeli policy;<9> to criticise civil partnerships for same-sex couples;<10> and to support strict anti-drug policies.<11> She has questioned Barack Obama's connections with what, she describes as, "transformational Marxists".<12> She has written "in support" of Geert Wilders, who she says is being criminalised "for telling the truth". <13>