Little Englanders are of little use to America

Commentary feature. The writer begins 'David Cameron wants to go to Washington for an audience with Barack Obama. He would like to bypass Brussels. If, as seems likely, the Conservatives win the coming general election, the Tory leader will discover that the facts of foreign policy are otherwise. Britain’s relationships with the US and Europe are inescapably interdependent.

What many in Mr Cameron’s party refuse to accept ... is that bilateral ties with the US cannot be separated from the broader transatlantic relationship embracing the rest of Europe ... Britain’s status in the US depends on whether it can shape events elsewhere in Europe.

ESO: Background information: Cameron faces row over EU treaty vote http://www.europeansources.info/record/cameron-faces-row-over-eu-treaty-vote/

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