us-uk relations

Trash including discarded signs littered the square in messy heaps. The area looked like a dump. Reading the signs I read "Stop Trump" what exactly do people want Trump to stop doing?

Donald Trump arrives in the UK tomorrow for a full state visit (with his family in tow). Already he is causing controversy when he appeared to interfere in UK politics by endorsing Boris Johnson as the next Prime Minister, when he has not even been elected leader of the Tory Party yet. This...

IMO Tony Blair was an effective politician who managed to reverse some of the worst effects of 18 years of Tory government. The biggest failure of his government was his blind following of George W Bush into Iraq. It now seems that Boris Johnson is sending clear messages that we're willing to...

Farage says he wants to be 'bridge' between UK and Trump and the UK 'Revolution' isn't over. From the tone of his interview it seems he is expecting UKIP to do a 'Trump' at the next election. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38355108

Mitt Romney would restore 'Anglo-Saxon' relations between Britain and America Mitt’s First Foreign Stumble? That's quite an auspicious start! Let's see what other goodies the rest of his trip brings. :D

I guess the presidency of Ronald Reagan was important to the world then many Americans realize. http://pobeptsworld.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/hungary-honors-president-ronald-reagan-unveiling-statue-in-budapest/

In light of the recent visit by the president of the USA and the various shenanigans surrounding his visit, I have been led to wonder if the actual folk he represents believe that there is any special relationship between our countries anymore. Mr. Obama was certainly gushing in his praise and...

Apparently Glenn Beck thinks Obama sent back a bust of Churchill because of his grandfather that he never met. http://www.newsweek.com/2009/02/20/busted-the-churchill-flap.html Apparently the bust was a loaner as well, loaned to GWB to be returned.

Tony's writing his memoirs, and he has to talk about the president who he shared the era with, George W. Bush. His words were carefully chosen, almost like somebody writing a letter of recommendation for someone who they know is inept; "You will be lucky to get him to work for you." Yeah, he...

Claims the ever-strident Daily Mail.[1] Other newspapers tend to concur but with a bit more measured analysis.[2][3] I think the term is overused and has little relevance today. I feel there is a cultural relationship between the US and UK which runs quite deep; politically not so much. [1] -...

'..A US senator has written to Gordon Brown, demanding the immediate return of the Lockerbie bomber to prison. ...' From http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ Tsk tsk - demanding the poodles do what they are told. It seems that USAN senators still think they run the world. They...

Barack Obama rejects Normandy trip to avoid offending Germany "Barack Obama, concerned about offending Britain and Germany, rebuffed strenuous attempts by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France to persuade the new American president to make a trip to Normandy this week." I don't see how a trip to...

I recall an impassioned speech Tony Blair made during runup to war. He said he was going to hold US feet to the fire to be a fair broker in the mideast. Bush seems hell-bent on alienating every US ally on the planet. And Blair seems like a phony. newsday

This article was published in the Observer (Sunday paper of the Guardian). It suggests that Tony Blair would prefer anyone but Bush in the White house. I agree that in the current climate pictures of Tony and George together would probably not do Tony any favours over here, but wonder how it...

I have a friend in England who is planning to join some of the protests scheduled ("sheduled", he says) to coincide with Bush's visit to the Isles. Are any of our other UK folks planning to create a public nuisance... um... I mean engage in civil disobedience? What do you have in mind?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2799377.stm Watching politics is becoming a bit like watching a slow-motion car crash. We now have a situation where, in arguably the oldest democracy in the world, Prime Minister Blair seems intent on leading his country into war without the backing of...