My own special relationship with North America

My own special relationship with North America

There’s always a moment on a transatlantic flight, when trolleys have gone round and the food platters have been cleared up, when everyone finally relaxes. The truth is, I must have flown across the Atlantic dozens of times, and this quiet comes round like clockwork on every flight. As shadow foreign secretary, I’m an Atlanticist, a deep believer in Britain’s military, intelligence and nuclear alliance with the US. But as a person, I’m also a pr…