The "special relationship" has long been a foreign policy myth. The day has finally come for a peaceful separation between two English-speaking powers.
To judge from the British media's treatment of the General Election result, from 5th May (2005), one would have thought, unless one hesitated, that Tony Blair's Labour Party had just suffered a defeat.
Blair, hurt by the growing perception that on the world stage he is George W. Bush's "poodle", is nearing the end of his term. Does this mean the end of Britain's Special Relationship with the United States?
