Where does the term ‘special relationship’ come from? Catherine Haddon Jill Rutter – Institute for Government The UK and US have a long shared history and shared language, but the idea of a ‘special relationship’ between the UK and USA dates back to the end of the Second World War and the early Cold War period. […]
Jane D Hartley, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Monday January 15 2024, The Times The Israel-Hamas war and other conflicts mean the transatlantic partnership is as important as ever As we begin 2024, I’m reflecting on the future of the special relationship. In light of inflection points we face in the coming year, and […]
“Prime Minister Churchill and Roosevelt met here a little over 70 years ago, and they asserted that the strength of the partnership between Great Britain and the United States was the strength of the free world. I still think there’s truth to that assertion.” — President Biden, June 8, 2023 The United States and the […]
Boris Johnson hails UK’s ‘indestructible relationship’ with US PM seeks to underline closeness of two nations despite Joe Biden’s concerns over Northern Ireland Boris Johnson has claimed the UK has an “indestructible relationship” with the US, after his bilateral meeting on Thursday with President Joe Biden. In an interview with the BBC after the pair […]
By Lord Powell of Bayswater Chairman, Atlantic Partnership Thursday, 19 June 2014 THE TELEGRAPH “Has the West gone soft?” That is the question I and others were asked to address yesterday at the Margaret Thatcher Conference on Liberty, hosted by the Centre for Policy Studies – and given recent events in Iraq, it is a […]
