Summary
The overriding reason for Britain's loss of moral authority is [Tony Blair]'s conviction that he has to hitch the UK to the chariot of the US president. Realism about an independent foreign policy is sensible, not least on the 50th anniversary of Suez. This government, however, has taken to unprecedented lengths the view that Britain's influence on the US can be exercised only in private.
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Unhitch Us From the Bush Chariot
No 10, which is both hothouse and bunker, is well stocked with TV sets. Prime ministers do not find much time to watch. They should. John Major led the rescue of the Iraqi Kurds in 1991, not because he followed a ...
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