Atlantic Community:Global Must Read Article "The Special Relationship is No Longer So Special"

Jackie Ashley, The Guardian | July 20, 2010

David Cameron’s first visit to the White House will be accompanied by the usual pomp and circumstance, but the special relationship between the UK and the US is devoid of any real substance. ++ Obama and Cameron do not share common ground on domestic or economic issues, and the UK has lost its significance in trade to the EU. ++ With the legacies of 9/11 and Iraq fading, the relationship with the UK is far down the list of US priorities. ++ Cameron and the Tories must accept reality: the UK needs Europe.

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Fri, Jul 23rd 2010, 15:29

Darrell Calvin Brown, City College of San Francisco/TTC, Gold Contributor (102)

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So you do not feel the relationship between a Mother and her daughter who has out done her is going too well, eh?

Sat, Jul 24th 2010, 16:47

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I thought this was a very interesting article focusing on the substantive decline of Britain's bilateral significance to the US in the midst of a rising EU. I wonder if this relationship will be further eroded in the coming years as the EU, now considered a legal entity, assumes a voice at the UN.

http://euobserver.com/24/30481