What a difference 18 months and an oil spill makes. In January 2009
Barack Obama was hugely popular on this side of the Atlantic, and could
have walked on water in the eyes of the British media, the political
elites, and the general public. In June 2010 however he probably
qualifies as the most despised US president since Nixon among the
British people. In fact you can’t open a London paper at this time
without reading yet another fiery broadside against a leader who
famously boasted of restoring “America’s standing” in the world. More.>>>>>>>>
