Interesting. I was a little troubled by the use of the phrase "Pax Americana" too but didn't think too much about it until your post put it into context.
Agreed that many (most?) Brits didn't like the Iraq War. But that didn't bite Blair enough to lose the most recent election, so he appears to have been forgiven for standing with us. I think that for as much as Brits dislike having to follow the lead of a former colony in foreign/military policy, their intrinsic dislike/distrust of the continental Euros is stronger. At least for the near future...
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But that didn't bite Blair enough to lose the most recent election, so he appears to have been forgiven for standing with us."
He's the Labour Party pick for PM. The majority of voters wouldn't quite go Tory due to their desire to continue radical socialism. See
NZerFromHK's post #39. ...very informative, and his comment #41, also.
My own knowledge on the matter comes from a few years of difficult private discussions with politically oriented British writers of various political parties. ...that and having read British publications other than The Telegraph.