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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

‘Seismic’ shift in UK-US relations is not a blip, warns ex-ambassador

Keir Starmer meeting Donald Trump in Washington last week.
All four ambassadors warned that future intelligence sharing with the top level of the Trump administration was likely to become more difficult. Photograph: Carl Court/Reuters

Something seismic has changed in the US-British relationship that will require the UK to look elsewhere for allies and accept that deals such as cooperation over the British nuclear deterrent are now in question, a former British ambassador to Washington has said.

Sir David Manning told a Lords select committee on international relations that something fundamental was happening to the special relationship and the change was not a blip.

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