And since bullies only respond to strength, from now onward, I will be prepared to be much stronger. Ah, the ‘special relationship’! Following the brief but important military alliance in 1917-18, and the subsequent peacemaking in Paris, the US withdrew from Europe. Britain, after a brief period of angry alienation from Washington, doubled down on prioritising its relationship with the US. Unlike France, Britain built a nuclear deterrent that was and remains technologically dependent on the US, and always put NATO before European construction.

Source: The Telegraph March 26, 2026 02:05 UTC