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Having satisfied the party membership and erstwhile Labour voters over Israel, Andy Burnham may find it harder to do so over his meeting with Donald Trump.
The days of long-established relationships between the UK prime minister and the US president are long gone.
He can learn lessons about the ‘special relationship’ from the Labour party’s history.
No act of royal diplomacy, however well executed, can deliver an instant reset in the US-UK relationship.
Charles received a standing ovation from Congress when he highlighted the principle of checks and balances.
The king’s speech pushed in interesting ways at the boundaries of what a British monarch might be expected to have said in Trump’s America.
While the US president has been at odds with the UK prime minister over Iran, the royals were able to bring the charm to Washington.
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PhD Candidate, Modern History, University of Oxford
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Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer, Co-Director Transatlantic Policy Center, American University School of International Service
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
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Director of History & Policy at the Institute of Historical Research and Professor of British and Commonwealth History, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Professor of Medieval History, University of East Anglia
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University
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