Macmillan played Greece to America’s Rome. Wilson refused Vietnam. Thatcher fought the Falklands regardless of Washington. Blair surrendered for a seat at the table. Starmer inherits the “SR” language, not the leverage.
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The alliance between Britain and the United States worked best when the former had leverage of its own.
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The alliance between Britain and the United States worked best when the former had leverage of its own.
