Alex Stevenson, in this Politics.co.uk article, wrote about the relationship between the US and the UK, citing nuclear weapons as one of the connections. The article quotes Paul Ingram, Executive Director of BASIC, saying, “If there was a narrative that emerged that with limited resources the British need to focus their attention on capabilities that are more valuable to the Americans, that group-think could shift quite quickly.”
Read the full article here: http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2015/01/21/britain-and-america-drifting-apart