Times Online: 'Blair's bridge between Europe and the US? It's falling down and he is left with nothing' - by Tom Baldwin

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'Blair's bridge between Europe and the US? It's falling down and he is left with nothing' - by Tom Baldwin

The policy of hugging America close has been a failure for the British, a US State Department analyst claims. Britain has moved closer to Europe, crab-like, and London is now much more like a European city — with European prices, I might add. But I think the British are still where they have been all along, unable to answer the fundamental question of ‘after Empire, what?’.”

In a brutal verdict on the cornerstone of Mr Blair’s diplomacy, he said: “Tony Blair could sound European on a good day, he could occasionally pronounce French well, and wear blue jeans with the best Americans. But the role of Britain acting as a bridge between Europe and America is disappearing before our eyes.”