Is Britain some sort of offshore American base? Has the mother country become, as mothers sometimes do, over time, dependent on the daughter? Have we Brits, in short, contracted out our foreign policy to Washington?
That seems to be the general view in France. Sources at the Elysee say that they recalled their ambassadors from Washington and Canberra but did not bother with London because Britain was the monkey rather than the organ grinder.
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