The 'special relationship' is completely one-sided with the US choosing their own interests at every point where they trumps British interests. This can be traced back to World War 2 when the USA had to make a choice about whether support the British Empire as they saw it, or the Russian empire. They chose to support the Russian empire and plunged much of eastern Europe into the most squalid dictatorships. I am much more skeptical about this so-called special relationship and think Britain can offer more in foreign affairs than this futile pretence.

Frank Field.