I think, Ebbie, it would be well for you to remember that what happens in the U.S. and what the U.S. government does or does NOT do directly impacts the residents of the British Isles --- and for that matter, the rest of the nations of the world.

Oh - and its "British" not "Brit" unless you're trying to be a twa...ooops! make that twit.

This from a "Yank"