Gladiateur,.
We have NEVER had a special relationship with the USA; that we had is mere propaganda. They only came into WW2 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour. The second hand equipment they lent us (lease and lend) we were paying off until only a few years ago. They always ask us to help them in the wars they start (Afghanistan, iraq and Vietnam). Luckily in the latter case we had a courageous Prime Minister who refused. They never help us when we need it (Suez crisis, they were actively against us and the Falkland Islands where they were nearly against us, but were neutral in the end. We never get any preferential treatnent and get tariffs like every other country.
We are like Canada were, totally controlled by the USA, until Mark Carney came along. I wish he were our Prime Minister