Under the new law, which is expected to be given Royal assent, any and all mention of peace, reconciliation and pacifism could land the accused with a custodial sentence of more than twenty years followed by automatic deportation upon completion.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s spokesman has told the press that all Labour MPs are behind the bill as well as having cross bench support from the Liberal Democrats and some Conservatives. The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is said to be aiming to get the bill passed as quickly as possible in time for the up-coming review of Britain’s role in the war in Iraq.

However, critics have complained that the possible new law goes against the very values and foundations of democracy and free speech. A UKIP parliamentarian who asked to remain anonymous said in an interview this morning:

“Democracy means differences and debate. It’s a very sad day when the UK bans an unsavoury but elected spiritual leader and outlaws the criticism of war. Pope Benedict might serve no other purpose but to offend with his words of peace but we still have a duty to let those we deem extreme have their say and that includes the general population as a whole.”

Foreign Secretary David Miliband told the BBC’s Hardtalk: “The home secretary made a decision on an individual case as she is required to do.”

Many newspapers have also supported the bill with The Guardian and The Independent among those most corroboratory. The Guardian’s ‘comment is free’ section has been filled with messages in agreement with the government’s plans. The chairman of the ‘Socialists for Equality’ group, which has connections to the Labour Party said:

“This is a wonderful new era for war, violence and freedom of speech. As has been said before, we are not allowed to cry ‘fire’ in a crowded cinema so why should people be allowed to incite peace with such barbaric messages of hope?”

Small protests have been planned by pacifists in a number of major British cities. They are expected to come in the form of mass sit-downs and tea parties on major roads and in cathedral squares.

It’s expected that within days of taking office she will announce plans to rebuild the Icelandic economy, reverse the plummeting unemployment figures and also wage war on Scotland.

A war with Gordon Brown’s homeland has been on the cards ever since October 2008, when the Scottish-born British prime minister made the decision to freeze the assets of Icelandic banks and companies in the UK, by using anti-terrorist legislation. Then Prime Minister Geir Haarde, put the blame for Iceland’s collapse squarely on British shoulders. The IMF predicts Iceland’s economy is facing its biggest slump since the country won full independence from Denmark in 1944.

Media propoganda, including military parades and television adverts have been whipping the Nordic hordes into a frenzy of anti-Scottish hatred. Effigies of kilted Scots have been hung under the few trees that grow on the freezing rocky island whilst hundreds of shoes were thrown at the British embassy gates in a protest last Saturday.

Gunnhildur Gylfason, one of the protestors who was apparently confused by the differences between Scottish and English politicians, shouted through a microphone:

“Wendy Alexander, are you watching? Ann Widdecombe, are you listening? Maggie Thatcher can you still hear? … We’re coming to get you! Our dykes are bigger than yours! Down down Scot-a-land!!”

Johanna Sigurdardottir, 66, is currently the social affairs minister and has little experience of military conflict or foreign policy. Annalysists predict she will however provide a flurry of jobs in the longboat building sector as well as in the metal industries. The United Nations plans to hold a security council meeting early next week and is expected to condemn Israel for the tension between the two Atlantic countries.

Gordon Brown has brushed off speculation of an impending war with Iceland as ludicrous.