British Conservatives Embrace American Right-Wing Politics

British conservatives once looked down on the American right. Now they’re riding on Maga’s coat-tails | Kojo Koram

Self-described UK patriots have spotted an opportunity for advancement and enrichment. That’s why so many outsource their identity to Trump An underappreciated element of how the “special relationship” between Britain and US emerged in the aftermath of the second world war is that early on, both parties saw themselves as the senior partner. The US’s clear military and economic dominance of the postwar world gave it an obvious claim to seniority; however, there was also a strong strain within ...

By Kojo Koram