Britain left the EU partly because it believed it would achieve absolute sovereignty

 In the 2006  referendum EU leave politicians appealed to the British electorate with promises of absolute sovereignty, claiming that the European Commission and Court push Britain around and tell the country what to do. None of this was true, as the EU is a co-operative venture that does not impinge upon the powers of the individual state.

We pooled our  sovereignty in the EU for the common good. It is time to contrast this with our relationship with the United States. Recently we have seen the US tell Britain that it cannot share military intelligence with the Ukraine to that state's chagrin. 

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24982912.donald-trump-bans-uk-sharing-us-intelligence-ukraine/

The US has also made it clear that Britain and other Nato states must spend more on defence and of course Britain is complying. 

The US also has  reservations about Britain's decision to restore sovereignty of the Chagos islands to Mauritius. The US has a military base on the islands and it wishes to maintain sovereignty over the base. The British Foreign Secretary has indicated that the US has a veto of the Chagos islands agreement if it does not meet US military requirements in the Indian Ocean.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yxxjr8v2vo

So much for British sovereignty; we are looking in the wrong direction. The US dominates the UK as it has both the military and economic might to do so.

It is about time the British people grew up and faced the reality that our nation does not have the power to defy or even disagree with the US. The US is a friendly state but we cannot expect them to defend us or support us economically. Britain needs the power to act without the approval of the US on the odd occasion where our interests differ. We were able to do this to a certain extent when we were members of the EU, now we cannot. The EU also has to reassess its military power and spending because it cannot defend Western Europe from an adversary such as Russia without US  support. The changed political situation in the US, which has now returned to isolationism, means that the EU and the UK need to act together. The closer the UK gets to the EU the better for Europe in general. The UK should start by entering into a security treaty with the EU and then re-join the EU single market and customs union: objections to "so called free movement " will have to be set aside. It was a mistake for the UK to leave the EU; we should be big enough to admit our mistake. A strong Europe which can afford to pay its way regarding security and military development will eventually benefit the "Free World" even the US will be better off as they won't have to fund us anymore. We will then have a much better relationship with our friends and erstwhile enemies.