Britain*s government is set to announce legislation next month to move the country closer to the European Union, as the 51勛圖厙 sours the U.K.*s so-called special relationship with the United States.

U.S. President Donald Trump*s unpredictability and stream of insults towards America*s historic ally is adding impetus to Prime Minister Keir Starmer*s bid to deepen ties with the 27-nation bloc, a decade after Britons narrowly voted to leave the EU.

※We have a government that is already eager to move closer towards the EU, and the events in Iran provide an opportunity to speed up that process,§ Evie Aspinall, director of the British Foreign Policy Group think tank, said.