Talk:Foreign relations of the United Kingdom

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Is the UK really a 'money-laundering center'? Does anyone have a reference to back this up? akaDruid 14:37, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)

There are major Point of View issues here. The comments about the EU taking precedence does not seem like an objective statement.

I'm not sure that the colloquilism in the Germany section is appropriate, even if it is mildly amusing. Ewan 13:21, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Thatcher and Kohl hated each onr another! 70.23.108.53 00:02, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

I think it is pushing it somewhat to say that the UK is one of the "few" countries not to have the euro in the EU - many of the newly joined countries do not have the euro, even if they are working towards it. I am going to delete it, it can always be changed as the numbers change again.--Doctormonkey 11:24, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

I don't believe labelling the UK's past actions in Africa as "evil" is appropriate for an encyclopedia (even if I do disagree with colonialism)

We need an intermediate page between special relationship and Foreign relations of the United States, discussing the historical nature of the relationship. Dunc_Harris|☺ 22:20, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Illicit Drugs Section Deleted

There are no references or citations here. It's one hell of an accusation to lay at a nation's feet. I have deleted this section. It should only be considered for return if major sources can be provided to back up the allegations made. --Corinthian 12:28, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Major POV issue is the European Union section

Seriously, was this bit written by a Euroskeptic think tank? What evidence is there that Britain will turn away from the European Union in the future? Was this written by an American? There are no citations to back this section up, and it needs vast improvement. - User:213.48.73.89

I'm a Eurosceptic, just looked over it and inclined to agree. - JVG 16:30, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Only a small amount of very minority parties of the UK (e.g. UKIP) are eurosceptic as the major three are not this indecates that the majority of the UK is not Eurosceptic. --Lemonade100 (talk) 18:57, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Poor article

  • "The UK has had good relations with the rest of Europe since the Second World War" - "good" in a simplistic and very general way!
  • "Although the UK is not a Euro member, it still plays a leading role in the day to day workings of the EU." - Membership of the Euro has zero to do with the workings of the European Union.
  • "The UK has clashed with other Member States of the European Union, particularly with France (and their president Nicolas Sarkozy )" - Sarkozy is just in the job; what specific arguments have they had so far??
  • "The UK faces a critical juncture in its relations with the rest of the EU over the ratification of the new treaty establishing a constitution for Europe (which has already been rejected in France and the Netherlands)." POV - critical juncture? The UK isn't unique in its oppostion to the constitution.
  • "The United Kingdom's relationship with both the EU and the US are often strained, due to conflicting interests. The EU and the US do not see eye to eye on many issues. Some believe that the United Kingdom will increasingly turn away from the EU,[citation needed] as it did with the Commonwealth, this is because popularity of the EU is still quite low among the British public, and the UK remains one of the EU countries not to adopt the Euro. While remaining part of Europe, it is quite likely that Britain will retain closer relations with the US than do other European countries." POV, possible original research and def. unreferenced.
  • "The Queen is the head of the Commonwealth and is head of 16 of its 53 member states." - Clumbsy sentence.
  • "Since World War II the UK enjoyed excellent relations with West Germany, as well as the reunited Germany" - again oversimplfied.
  • "As with Germany the political position of both countries can be seen as very good" - Again oversimplified. "the British population engage in a lively and highly tongue-in-cheek relationship and mostly friendly rivalry with France"??? POV. "There have been continual clashes publicly and through national newspapers over such issues as the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) where France is seen as a major net recipient and in the opinion of the public, perhaps unduly so." - "seen as" (this should be a statistic, not an opnion) and "perhaps unduly so" are not encyclopedic. Mark83 16:49, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] British Diplomatic Service

A few articles have links to British Diplomatic Service. Could this be a redirect to the present article? --Edcolins 09:13, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why is this article so amazingly vague?

When I was reading it I was so shocked when I had reached the end. Why? Because I was wandering where the rest of the article was! The 'European Union' section is just far too short. The fact that this article attempts to summarise the UK's relations with the entire continent of Africa in three lines is simply laughable considering the links the UK has with Africa. Also, huge vital chunks are missing form this article. For example, it fails to talk about the UK's relations with Asia or South America. In fact all this article really does is give a watered-down, summarised and basically rubbish outline of what is one of the most far-reaching and influential foreign relations system in the world! (unsigned comment)

Articles only get written if people write them. If you think it needs improving, improve it. Unconstructive criticism isn't going to help make it a better article. Aridd (talk) 17:10, 27 May 2008 (UTC)