Britain, U.S. Won't Be 'Joined at Hip'

[dajoki]

Britain, U.S. Won't Be 'Joined at Hip'
By JENNIFER QUINN
Updated: 40 minutes ago
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19745027/

LONDON - Britain's "special relationship" with the United States could be cooling, as a senior government official said that new Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Bush would not be "joined at the hip."

Lord Malloch Brown _ a Foreign Office minister and former deputy secretary-general of the United Nations _ said in a Daily Telegraph interview published Saturday that Britain needs a more "impartial" foreign policy.

"You need to build coalitions which are lateral, which go beyond the bilateral blinkers of the normal partners," Malloch Brown told the Telegraph. "My hope is that foreign policy will become much more impartial."

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair's close relationship with Bush caused tension across the United Kingdom. Blair was sharply criticized for eagerly joining the U.S.-led Iraq war.

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Alexander said that while Britain stood beside the U.S. in fighting terrorism, isolation does not work in an interdependent world.

[Deja Q]

1. Hmmm

Alexander said that while Britain stood beside the U.S. in fighting terrorism, isolation does not work in an interdependent world.


Given we offshore jobs and how India has been attacked (amazing China hasn't been yet), shouldn't Indians take part in this war as much as they do everything else?

[Stinky The Clown]

2. British Law limits the use of poodles as PM to once a generation