This isn’t a special relationship, it’s sinister and sycophantic

By Peter Oborne
May 26th, 2011
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Barack Obama and David Cameron serve the No 10 BBQ (Photo: AFP/Getty)

One of the first big strategic decisions made by David Cameron after his election as Conservative leader more than five years ago concerned the United States of America. Cameron claimed to have been taken aback by Tony Blair’s uncritical subservience to George W Bush, so he promised that any government he led would take a more independent stance. Britain, or so he stated, would no longer be “America’s unconditional associate in every endeavourâ€