Remember that book, He’s Just Not That into You: The No-Excuses Guide to Understanding Guys? There are times when I think Britons should remember this message when they consider the nature of the so-called “Special Relationship” between Britain and the United States. Today is one of those occasions when one is reminded again – as if it was really necessary – that the relationship is a just a little bit more important and rather more special to Britain than it is to the United States.
Though the American newspapers covered Gordon Brown’s first visit to the United States as Prime Minister, they understandably didn’t attach the same importance to his meetings with George Bush as did the British press. (The Post, for instance, put its report on page 12, and neither it nor the NYT saw fit to editorialise on the meeting this morning).
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