Only Labour politician George Bush had heard of before Tony Blair was Michael Foot: World view limited to ‘Texan and Mexican horizons’

Former US President George W Bush knew little about global affairs when he first met with Britain’s ambassador to the US, according to newly released official papers. Mr Bush’s presidency was dominated by US military action in Iraq and Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers in New York in 2001. But when [...]