Winston Churchill, Franklin D Roosevelt and Josef StalinIt’s Over: MPs Say The Special Relationship With US Is Dead -- Times Online
BRITAIN’S special relationship with the US — forged by Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt in the second world war — no longer exists, says a committee of influential MPs.
Instead, America’s relationship with Britain is no more special than with its other main allies, according to a report by the Commons foreign affairs committee published today.
The report also warns that the perception of the UK after the Iraq war as America’s “subservient poodle” has been highly damaging to Britain’s reputation and interests around the world. The MPs conclude that British prime ministers have to learn to be less deferential to US presidents and be “willing to say no” to America.
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More News On The Demise Of The U.S. - U.K. Special Relationship
Special relationship between UK and US is over, MPs say -- BBC
It’s Not Us, It’s You: U.K. Lawmakers Want to Redefine ‘Special Relationship’ -- Wall Street Journal
Commons rules relationship with US no longer 'special' -- Scotsman
My Comment: It is not only dead ... it is buried.
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