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The United States and Great Britain have long enjoyed a special relationship in world affairs, strengthened from our shared sacrifices twice in defense of freedom during two world wars. Winston Churchill\u2019s vision for the Atlantic Alliance, tying together America and Europe for the long haul, was matched by his desire for an alliance of the English-speaking peoples\u2014the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. To this day, the most important avenue for sharing intelligence (spy stuff) is the Five Eyes network<\/a> of those nations. <\/p>\n Because Britain and America have this special bond, the United States has a distinct interest in Britain staying great. A strong, free, proud Britain, ready to lead for Western values in the world, is important to the United States\u2019 own success on the global stage. <\/p>\n Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer has gambled much of that good will away in recent months, and last week\u2019s local election results were a hearty rebuke to his failed leadership. Starmer\u2019s response<\/a> to the U.S.-Israel action in Iran has been less than great, to the point of being mocked<\/a> by Britain\u2019s version of Saturday Night Live. As President Trump has said of late, Starmer is no Winston Churchill. He\u2019s not much like Margaret Thatcher, Boris Johnson, or Tony Blair either. No wonder British voters recently punished<\/a> Labour at the polls, as the party lost an astounding 1,496 seats in local government (out of 5,066 such seats nationwide), including majority control of 38 local councils. <\/p>\n Starmer\u2019s uncertainty on the world stage speaks to a deeper lack of confidence. The Bank of England last month announced a plan to take Winston Churchill\u2019s image off the nation\u2019s currency, along with other figures from British history, to be replaced by nature scenes of plants and small fuzzy animals like badgers and hedgehogs. Meanwhile, Parliament has expelled the hereditary members of the House of Lords, itself perhaps not a bad thing but indicative of a larger social shift away from traditional institutions. And President Trump has lit Starmer up on TruthSocial multiple times over his decision<\/a> to abandon British sovereignty over Diego Garcia, an island outpost crucial to U.S.\/U.K. military strength in the Pacific. <\/p>\n \t\t\tPerhaps echoing Churchill\u2019s promise of nothing but blood, toil, tears, and sweat, Lowe predicted the need for deep, hard, even harsh changes to \u201crestore Britain.\u201d<\/p>\n