Some more news in in the last half hour.. "A new pro-Boris caucus of Tory MP's, thought to be 100-strong and calling itself "Save Democracy and Save Boris", is threatening a chall… (View Post)

Quite the opposite, I view it in terms of taking every opportunity to maximise independent influence. This definitely doesn't mean an either/or approach to Europe or America, but it does mean wo… (View Post)

Much of this is debatable, although interestingly I agree that Iraq is closer than in recent decades to becoming a democracy, but the fact remains that Britain had no need to join, other than Blair a… (View Post)

Just in the line I was thinking earlier on. BIden and the US defence and security establishment would probably respect Britain much more if it went off and did it's own thing once in a while, bu… (View Post)

I think there's both friendship and commonalities, in some areas, and a subservient relationship in others. Americans are often aware of the British input into their institutions, history and la… (View Post)