Owing to ignorance and stupidity the world was flung into the present financial crisis, and it seems probable there is going to be another one, one that will probably be much worse than this most recent one, if we don't get these debts under control. US-UK relations aren't really at issue so long as the two major parties are labor and the conservatives, however the liberal-democrats would be less willing to go along with US wars. But the result of the election was labor and the conservatives remained the UK's dominant two political parties. But the liberal-democrats could nevertheless be "king makers". Being, despite some quirks, an overall centrist on foreign policy, my own opinion is that the US would be better off if it only went to war when it could convince Canada join it in that war because then, looking at history, it would avoid its most unnecessary, controversial, and on average most disastrous wars while still engaging in the ones that were well-justified. I am not very knowledgeable about UK politics, but my limited experience suggests to me that the conservatives, while predictably given their name are center-right, are very nuanced thinkers, have some good ideas, and thus may be very good reformers. This is all in stark contrast to US republicans. The world needs more wise men in power and fewer ideologues.