It was from this background that the idea of the EU was born. ... Although a strong and involved member of the union on some levels, significantly affected by her mainland partners, Britain also stands apart as something different and separate from the concept of Europe. ... My vision for Britain is as a bridge between the EU and the USA." ... As Allen identifies, it is hard to think of a single US President or senior policy figure who has ever argued that Britain are valuable to the US only if it remained slightly aloof from the EU. On the contrary he says, US leaders from Kennedy onwards ...

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