Barack Obama’s open desire for us to stay inside the EU is by no means the first or worst example of White House meddling here in these islands. Bill Clinton forced us to cave to the Provisional IRA in 1998 and his successor, George W. Bush, continued the policy by making us (d)o Sinn Féin’s bidding afterwards. …Nobody made Britain do any of that. Her own Prime Ministers embraced such policies of their own will.
PETER HITCHENS: America isn’t our special friend. It ruined our Navy, Empire and future
Oh yes. England is still speaking English aren’t they? Who was it that kept their fat out of the fire?
AMERICA!
There is certainly a masochistic quality to modern-day British pundits who blame America for everything they don’t approve of. Always victims. But, of course, they vote in the party that makes decisions that prove unpopular with the general population. Maybe, like us, they need to get better candidates for their various offices.