How upbeat does the USA have to be about the UK for the BBC to notice?

45 US Senators send letter to PM “pledging unwavering support” to UK
US Secretary of State tells Foreign Secretary Raab: "US poised at the doorstep, pen in hand, ready to sign a deal"
US Ambassador to UK: "no limit to how much the U.S.-UK trade & economic partnership can grow"

Senator Tom Cotton, Arkansas, Rep.

Credit: Senator Cotton's website

In Part 2 of our US special weekend we reveal the extent of US support for the UK

Last week 45 US Senators led by Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas wrote a letter to new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Here is the press release out of Washington :-

“Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and 44 of his Senate colleagues have sent a letter to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledging unwavering support for the United Kingdom as it exits the European Union in the coming months. The letter calls for a new bilateral trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom. It also reiterates the importance of U.S.-UK cooperation within the NATO security alliance and the “Five Eyes” intelligence partnership.
“The letter was also signed by Senators Barrasso (WY), Blackburn (TN), Boozman (AR), Braun (IN), Burr (NC), Capito (WV), Cassidy (LA), Collins (ME), Cornyn (TX), Cramer (ND), Crapo (ID), Cruz (TX), Daines (MT), Enzi (WY), Ernst (IA), Fischer (NE), Graham (SC), Grassley (IA), Hawley (MO), Hoeven (ND), Hyde-Smith (MS), Inhofe (OK), Isakson (GA), Johnson (WI), Kennedy (LA), Lankford (OK), Lee (UT), McSally (AZ), Murkowski (AK), Perdue (GA), Portman (OH), Risch (ID), Roberts (KS), Rounds (SD), Rubio (FL), Sasse (NE), Scott (FL), Scott (SC), Sullivan (AK), Thune (SD), Tillis (NC), Toomey (PA), Wicker (MS), and Young (IN).”

The above list includes many senior names from the Senate including Committee Chairpersons.

Brexit Facts4EU.Org thought that readers might like to read the letter. Click the image below for the full letter.

Senator Cotton is a veteran of the 101st Airborne and served in Iraq. He is on the Senate Committee on Armed Services, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the Senate Committee on the Budget, and the Senate Joint Economic Committee.

Meanwhile at the BBC…

The BBC did not seem very interested in Senator Cotton’s letter to the British Prime Minister. Instead they gave precedence on their flagship “Today Programme” on Radio 4 to a former member of the Obama administration, Larry Summers. Mr Summers told them: “Britain has no leverage, Britain is desperate... it needs an agreement very soon.”

Mr Summers’ view was more in keeping with the BBC’s anti-Brexit editorial line, even though Mr Summers has no power and is a former official. Although the BBC reported the letter, the views of 45 current members of the US Senate, with considerable power, were apparently of less interest to the BBC.

Let's all look on the bright side of life

In our early morning article yesterday, we looked at the trading relationship between the US and the UK. We then contrasted this with the trading relationship between the US and the EU27 (the EU minus the UK). We hope it made interesting reading for our friends in Washington DC, as well as to those at the UK's Dept for International Trade.

At 3pm yesterday, the excellent US Ambassador to the Court of St James, Woody Johnson, posted a typically positive tweet about the economics of the relationship between the US and the UK.

Stronger every day! There is no limit to how much the U.S.-UK trade & economic partnership can grow. #SharedProsperity 🇺🇸🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/9RsfY5EdHP
— Ambassador Johnson (@USAmbUK) August 10, 2019

And the good news just keeps on coming

Yesterday evening British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab penned a piece for the Telegraph (behind a paywall as usual, sadly), in which he extolled the opportunities ahead. It is entitled "A truly global future awaits us after Brexit".

Here is part of what he has to say about the UK-US relationship:

Dominic Raab

"In the US, President Trump told me how much America values its close friendship with Britain, his high regard for our Prime Minister, and his enthusiasm for a free trade deal with the UK. How serious are they? After our meeting, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters that the US was poised 'at the doorstep, pen in hand', ready to sign a deal – which would boost business and enhance consumer choice on both sides of the Atlantic.
"I also met Vice President Mike Pence and National Security Adviser John Bolton, reflecting the fact that our relationship goes far beyond trade. Crucially, we work together to defend our shared values and to respond to security threats – whether by protecting international shipping from the menace of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard or striving to secure North Korea’s denuclearisation."

Observations

For some years the EU has shown a steady move against the USA – in trade, in defence, and in foreign policy – and it seems possible that there may slowly be a re-alignment of global forces.

There are several areas where interests are diverging, including Germany’s and the EU’s increasing reliance on Russian gas pipelines, the EU’s increasing insistence on social, political, and protectionist conditions in trade agreements, the EU’s bizarre love affair with the Iranian regime, and the EU’s increasing moves to replace NATO in Europe with the EU Defence Union.

Brexit gives the UK the opportunity to regain its position on the world stage as an independent power. In doing so, the UK has many possibilities of alignments. Not the least of these could be a much stronger trading relationship with the USA, to say nothing of other strategic objectives.

Early yesterday morning we started the ball rolling with our article about US-UK trade versus US-EU trade. Since then, the British Foreign Secretary has written a piece in the Telegraph and the US Ambassador has posted another upbeat message.

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[ Sources: Senator Cotton's website and office | Daily Telegraph article by the Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP | Ambassador Johnson ] Politicians and journalists can contact us for details, as ever.

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Reader Comments 9

1. Faye, Maidstone , Sunday, August 11, 2019, 06:03:

Thank you for the upbeat article. I really like the US senators’ letter, how refreshing. It could never have been written by the EU for two reasons: They don’t seem to do friendly and positive messaging. Secondly it would probably have run to 585 pages.

2. Ashley Great Britain , Sunday, August 11, 2019, 06:59:

Not at the back of the line now are we!

3. Elise, Newcastle , Sunday, August 11, 2019, 11:25:

How surprising they didn't send a letter like this to Theresa May. Oh, wait...

4. Chris , Sunday, August 11, 2019, 11:36:

However, the BBC did interview Grieve twice in one day about his anti-democratic stop-Brexit plans.

5. Adam Hiley , Sunday, August 11, 2019, 14:33:

while it is good to hear the support from these Senators the Tories brownnosing & grovelling to America is embarrassing trade is good grovelling is not former Obama Lackey Larry Summers is one of the morons who crashed the American economy in 2008 with the sub mortgage scandal in the USA then We have the US Democrats Irish American senators and Nancy Pelosi being spiteful and I am not Anti American or Anti European but Britain comes first

6. L Jones , Monday, August 12, 2019, 05:45:

Regarding comment 5 - it might have been more comprehensible if some punctuation had been used. How does this person expect anyone to understand the thrust of an argument without it?

7. James Bertram , Tuesday, August 13, 2019, 09:57:

"There are several areas where interests are diverging, including Germany’s and the EU’s increasing reliance on Russian gas pipelines, the EU’s increasing insistence on social, political, and protectionist conditions in trade agreements, the EU’s bizarre love affair with the Iranian regime, and the EU’s increasing moves to replace NATO in Europe with the EU Defence Union."
Wikipedia: European Russia is the western part of the Russian Federation, which is part of Eastern Europe. With a population of 110 million people, European Russia has about 77% of Russia's population, but covers less than 25% of Russia's territory. European Russia includes Moscow and Saint Petersburg, the two largest cities in Russia.
The Russian Revolution (1917) was a period of political and social revolution across the territory of the Russian Empire which started with the abolishment of monarchy and concluded with the establishment of the Soviet Union by the bolsheviks and the end of the civil war.
Is there going to be a rapprochement between the expansionist EU and Soviet blocs in the next 20 years to form a large global power - a German, French, Moscow alliance (with Syrian, Iraq, Iranian, Afghan route to the Ocean and oil fields) - something both Napoleon and Adolf aspired to?
Does history repeat itself?

8. Adam Hiley , Tuesday, August 13, 2019, 13:38:

[Comment deleted - let's please keep the language and dialogue civil on here. Thank you.]
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9. Adam Hiley , Wednesday, August 14, 2019, 15:51:

it is good We have Foreign supporters though I do not personally care what Foreigners think, then why is the odious Nancy Pelosi trying to stir up trouble Northern Ireland is no business of Hers as She is Italian the Democrats are like Remoaners still sore that Trump run a better campaign than crooked Hillary and DemocRemoans are still looking at a bigger hiding in 2020 when Trump will be re-elected

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