Ok my questioning of the "special relationship" wasn't really the main point of my post. My worries are what i wrote in the previous paragraphs and would be interested to hear if anyone has an opinion on that, which i think is more of a serious issue than our relationship with the US.
Edit: think it would be a shame to change the focus to our relationship with the US, but i meant their stance on it in recent years
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/ni...is-a-disgrace/