Obama to recalibrate special relationship...

Barack Obama has upped his Anglophile credentials by announcing that the 'special relationship' between the UK and the U.S. needs to be 'recalibrated'. His vision for the future would see our two great nations walking arm-in-arm aside bowling greens and past movie complexes, feasting on roast beef with Yorkshire pudding and French fries, and generally being a fairer and more equal partnership.

Speaking via a futuristic device known as a 'telephone', Obama, the presidential hopeful, made the comments yesterday whilst addressing a fund-raising event attended by American expatriates in London.

"We have a chance to recalibrate the relationship and for the United Kingdom to work with America as a full partner," Obama said to an audience of more than 200 American expatriates, "It's no longer going to be that we are in the lead and everyone follows us. Full partners not only listen to each other, they also occasionally follow each other."

Many commentators have suggested that Obama may take up a career as a marriage counsellor if his political aspirations do not prove to be fruitful.

Certain groups, including Obama and his team, feel that Tony Blair didn't get much in return for his assistance to George Bush regarding the Iraq conflict. Obviously, this doesn't mean Tony Blair personally, who got a cushty job or two making speeches after his term in office was over, but the UK in general.

Written by Oli Anderson on 27 May 2008 2:29 PM. Permalink