what roles does united kingdom have that the U.S does not have?
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The United Kingdom always supports the US in its foreign diplomatic actions.
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(nb I'm an American and unabashed Anglophile).  I wish the UK were closer to North America so it could be a natural trading partner of NAFTA rather than the EU.  The military alliance between the UK and US is very strong; would that we could have the same relationship vis a vis trade.  (The "EU Citizens" and "All Others" lines at British airports make me cringe: When I visit the UK, I'd like to have the same legal status a Frenchman or Pole has, rather than being lumped in with the Mongolians and "all others.")  \n\n I've long maintained that the US would be a nicer nation if it had been a British territory for about another hundred years, the way Canada was.  We'd have gotten rid of slavery a lot sooner, might have been able to avoid the Civil War and might have gotten industrialized a little faster if we'd had direct British influence.  \n\n In establishing Rhodes Scholarships, Cecil Rhodes hoped to draw the US into the British Commonwealth by exposing the cream of US academia to Oxford.  How I wish he'd succeeded...
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The United Kingdom, one of the most highly industrialized countries in the world, lives by manufacture, trade, and financial and commercial services. Apart from coal and low-grade iron ore, some timber, building materials, hides and skins, and natural gas and North Sea oil, it has few natural resources. Agriculture provides 60% of the food needed with only 1% of the labor force. The remainder of the UK's food and most raw materials for its industries have to be imported and paid for largely through exports of manufactures and services. The United Kingdom is in fact one of the world's largest markets for food and agricultural products and the fifth-largest trading nation. Vast quantities of imported wheat, meat, butter, livestock feeds, tea, tobacco, wool, and timber have been balanced by exports of machinery, ships, locomotives, aircraft, and motor vehicles. The pattern of exports is gradually changing, however. Post World War II reduction in output of textiles—once a leading British export—due to competition from Asia, and in coal output, because of competition from oil and new mines in Europe, is being offset by industries such as electronics and chemicals. A major source of earnings is the variety of commercial services that stem from the UK's role as central banker of the sterling area. Shipping, income from overseas investment, insurance, and tourism also make up an important part of the economy.\n\nI would like to add , Tea is not grown in the Uk.We import the tea and maybe make the packaging!
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IMO the UK also knows that the only nation that they can truly count on if they need military help is the US.
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UK, Russia, Serbia, later Italy, later the US.
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United States, Britain, and Germany
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The US needs to take care of it's own interests.  If we don't, we are no longer our own nation.
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The United States & England, both share the "BURDEN" of  haveing to "Deal W/Danrerous Areas in the World that are in fact Sensitive to  (World Peace). Of course that the two most popular Countries in the entire world are w/out say, is & alway has been the "Marriage of England & The U.S.A."both Countries are both Modeled Countries that the World Views as, Living Models that excell all other Countries. What other Countries would you want to defend you & the World?
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Tacitly, no; the American Declaration of Independence has never been accepted by the United Kingdom.  However, as you will recall, there was a great war fought between the American colonists and the UK; the colonists won.  Afterwards, there was a Constitutional Convention and then the creation and execution of the US Constitution.  Today, the UK recognizes the independence of the US and are allies.  So, no, QE11 is not technically or otherwise the Queen of the US.  As to your question, would it be better if QE11 was leading our country rather than President Bush; well, I would just about think that any person could do a better job than President Bush.
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The USA is a good elder brother of the UK...
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The US - yes.\nDon't know about the others.
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UK is a state of America. If you don't beleive me, ask Bush's English servant Blair.
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I don't know.  Below is the UK's Ministry of Defense (Like the USA's DoD) which controls all branches of the British military.
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Because United Kingdom, as its name implies, is a unified group of nations.... Northern Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales.  Just as "Russia" is really a collection of several republics and the US is a collection of states.\nEngland is only one of these (but the most powerful).
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While the US runs Diego Garcia, the UK shares the base.
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Please, correct me if I am wrong, but the UK is not a single country.
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No, the worlds gov's don't "serve" the USA, more like take every advantage of the USA. If you look at the United Nations for instance, ninety +% of the nations we provide billions of $$$ in aid to every year vote AGAINST us more than 60% of the time on resolutions. So, no, we are not the puppet master, or we would not have the issues in the middle east that we now face. Not to mention the rest of the world.