We haven’t been to war against America since 1783. After they dumped a ship-load of tea (a ‘ship-load’ is 3.7 times the size of a ‘shit-load’, for those not familiar with imperial measures) into Boston harbour. They won that war. And look at the state they’re in now, as a consequence. They should be thriving under Kier Starmer’s stewardship, watching the ‘growth’ in the economy as it shrinks by the day, but instead have to suffer all that wealth, money and success. The price of ‘independence’!!! That’ll show ‘em.

Relations improved over the centuries until we developed ‘the special relationship’ in which we simply do their bidding. They invent ‘weapons of mass destruction’, we go and ‘find’ them, even if they’re not there. We go to wars, they come help. They go to war, we help them. It’s ‘special’. But like all relationships, it takes work. Effort. And… compromise. Because most of the time, fortunately, we’re not at war. And that’s when the trouble starts.

Most PMs develop their personal friendships with the President of the day. Thatcher and Reagan had a real lurve. But both were of a political accord. Blair and Bush were almost lovers, because even though it was a ‘lefty’ and a Republican, they were both bloodthirsty war-mongers and found a bond in slaughtering Afghans. Trump and Boris were good with each other, big on flamboyance, low on intellect.

But Trump and Starmer is simply never going to work. Trump isn’t even the President yet and is constantly taking swipes at Starmer. You have a very right wing president dealing with a limp tosser who, regardless of his personal political stance, because it changes daily, has to at very least, appease the hard left in his party. Which has left him almost joining Hamas.

If you then add in to this already toxic mix the world’s richest man, a hard-right, gobby, slobby, genius, that puts the final nail in the coffin of the ‘special relationship’. Because said man owns Twitter. Whatever he chooses to call it. And uses it prolifically. To attack Starmer, and Britain. And much as I find Musk repugnant, he makes some very valid points. Which, unfortunately, align with Trump’s preconceptions and make ‘the relationship’ more tragic than special.

We have to declare war on America. It’s the only way out of this mess. Or declare war on someone else which will bring the Yanks in on our side and we’ll feel the love once more. Otherwise, for all Starmer’s talk of ‘trade deals’, every one of his ‘policies’ has been something of a disaster, and when viewed through a Republican lens, they’ve been a hell of a disaster. To the extent that Musk will now sponsor Farage and his Reform party in a distant attempt to… errrr… to make a point.

Happy Saturday

Well, it would be if Spurs hadn’t lost again.

A xxxx