Well, it's official..business as usual with Hamas for the Brits.

According to Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, funding Hamas is AOK with Britain.
Jerusalem Post | Britain will not withdraw Palestinian aid

Britain will not withdraw aid from the Palestinian people because they voted for the militant group Hamas in elections last month - but funding will be cut if it is used for terror activities, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Tuesday.

Now, how would he know? J O S H U A P U N D I T: Aid to Hamas-Led Palestinian Authority Will be Hard to Track

"None of us have any interest whatever in, as it were, punishing the Palestinian people for giving the 'wrong' answer in those elections," Straw told Parliament in reply to lawmakers' questions. "We are very conscious of that."

"These were free and fair elections and we have got to respect the decisions of the Palestinian people."

"At the same time nor can we gratuitously reward Hamas if they carry on with active support of terrorism and violence."

"Aid that is being paid anyway continues to be paid. The ball is in the court of Hamas. We are not expecting them to stand on their heads and abandon every position they have held in the past overnight," he said.

Gee Minister, why not? DOESN'T VOTING FOR A BAND OF BLOODTHIRSTY TERRORISTS TO LEAD YOU ENTAIL ANY CONSEQUENCES?

Guess not.

Same old stuff.