[Osem]

The 'special' relationship has increasingly become a one way street heading west. Like any relationship in which one side is taken for granted, a period of separation might just help redress the balance and if it doesn't, well the two sides are better off apart forging new partnerships but hopefully remaining friends. Of course if these new partnerships fail to meet expectations there may be a reconciliation of the original parties and, hopefully, the creation of a new, fairer relationship. I won't be holding my breath however as the yanks tend to like things their way or no way....