The term “special relationship” – used to describe relations between the US and UK – was first used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to highlight just how intertwined the countries had become after the Second World War. Ever since, the US and UK have been in varying degrees of lockstep, with presidents and prime ministers honouring that alliance in times of peace and conflict. Yet Donald Trump has been increasingly critical of Keir Starmer for not supporting his war on Iran. So what is the future of the special relationship? Ian Dunt, Zoë Grünewald and Jon Sopel offer their perspectives.

The term “special relationship” – used to describe relations between the US and UK – was first used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to highlight just how intertwined the countries had become after the Second World War. Ever since, the US and UK have been in varying degrees of lockstep, with presidents and prime ministers honouring that alliance in times of peace and conflict.

Yet Donald Trump has been increasingly critical of Keir Starmer for not supporting his war on Iran. So what is the future of the special relationship? Ian Dunt, Zoë Grünewald and Jon Sopel offer their perspectives.

There are two kinds of people in British foreign policy: those who recognise that the world has changed forever and those who do not.

It is the latter who are in control and that is why the UK is currently humiliating itself.

Since the end of the Second World War, Britain’s foreign policy has been dictated by its reliance on its relationship with the US. As Winston Churchill told his Cabinet when he retired in 1955: “Never be separated from the Americans.”

That piece of advice became the cornerstone of British foreign policy.........

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