Simon Jenkins argues that, though much has been made of the special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom and of the personal relationship between George Bush and Tony Blair, the war in Iraq has strained these public and private ties.
Simon Jenkins, *the Guardian* columnist and former editor of the *London Evening Standard*, is returning to the evening title to write a weekly column. Jenkins, who edited *the Evening Standard* between 1976 and 1978, wrote a column on London issues in *the Evening Standard* until three years ago.