Gordon Brown may be a good guy, but the special relationship still looks frail. If only I could feel quite as optimistic as Washington Post man Sebastian Mallaby:
Some commentators, reacting to [Gordon] Brown's emphasis on British national identity, predict that the country may be entering a prickly phase -- the Frenchification of British foreign policy, you might call it. But my hunch is that the Anglo-American affair will resume relatively soon: most likely, the day after George W. Bush leaves office. Despite all those opinion polls that show anti-Americanism running at alarming levels, the pull of pro-Americanism is strong and growing stronger in Britain.
Hard to take exception to David Cameron's latest pronouncement. I could have done without the jab at neocons, but the bit about the need for humility seems fair enough:
I believe that it is now vital for our strategic and security interests that we challenge anti-Americanism. That means reviving the best traditions of the special relationship. And it means developing with America a tough and effective foreign policy for the age of international terrorism: a policy that moves beyond neo conservatism, retaining its strengths but learning from its failures.
UPDATE: Comment Central links to a handy ConservativeHome checklist of War on Terror goals and policies.