No, actually we didn't so much want him to win as to keep you guys occupied while we grabbed Canada and presented you with a Fait Accompli.

I'm simply pointing out that Britain maintains some atavisms that really don't reflect well on any pretensions to modernity on the part of Perfidious Albion. But hey, thanks to you guys bankrupting yourselves in debt to us in WWII we get to clean up your messes....*shrugs.*