perseus
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David Cameron has been criticised after mistakenly saying the UK was the "junior partner" in the allied World War II fight against Germany in 1940.
He made the historical slip, neglecting the fact that the US had yet to enter the war, on the second day of his first trip to the US as prime minister.
Labour's David Miliband called it a "slight", while a veterans' group said it could "alienate" former troops.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10719739
Junior partner to whom? Perhaps a slip, since Britain and its empire were fighting the Nazis single handedly from June 1940 for a year. They were the junior army to France prior to this, but even this was still a slur to the Navy and Air force.
However, perhaps it betrays a submissive attitude to the US. He should be prepared to stick up for the UK, as Blair should have done as well.
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