Is the British Left wising up?

From 9/11 forward, it appeared that the British Left — which encompassed most of the British intelligentsia — was implacably hostile to America and viewed Islamism through rose colored glasses. Certainly, to the extent that the BBC represents a low brow form of intellect, that statement is true. However, things may be changing, and I’m not just talking Christopher Hitchens. Daniel Johnson, writing at Contentions, the new Commentary Magazine blog, notes that Michael Gove, a Tory MP who wrote about the 7/7 bombings in London, believes that the British intelligentsia are beginning to see the writing on the wall:

What adds lustre to his thesis is the remarkable fact that the most prominent voices now being heard in protest against the scandalous alliance of the Left with Islamo-fascism are themselves for the most part intellectuals with impeccable Left-liberal credentials. Gove singled out the journalists Nick Cohen (whose book What