britain?ch country was going to be the leading naval power of the world? this is part of the history of international relations of the period between the two world wars that is not well known today. i want to highlight this because this is one of the major irritant -- irritants points of contention between the united states and britain between the two world wars. what size should each country's fleet be relative to the other? should britain remained the dominant naval power? or should the united states be on par -- at least equal with that of britain? so, a naval rivalry emerges between britain and the united states after the first world war. churchill, after the first world war, the british government holds an election and this is churchill going back to his seat, his parliamentary seat in the scottish industrial fishing city of dundee up in the north, and here he is delivering a speech at the end of november 1918. the war was over on the western front for a couple weeks. there you see church

in 1817, great britain -- or member, canada is still a colony of great britain. great britain and america will demilitarize the great lakes. they are trying to avoid any reason for tension along the border, and again, [indiscernible] said it best. unable to defeat impressment during the war or at ghent, the americans instead prevailed by pressing postwar confrontations along the detroit river. by abandoning impressment and leaving the indians to their american fate, the british gave the united states a belated victory in the worth 1812. -- war of 1812. you can make the argument we spin the treaty a little too favorably, but as you look at postwar relations between the two countries, that reinforce that sense of we stood up to great britain, we came out with our honor intact, now we're at the big boy table, and they're taking us seriously. that did not happen before 1812. that is the treaty of ghent. questions? yes, ma'am. >> at the end of the american revolution, there was a treaty treaty of paris 1873. we acquired that big chunk of land. how is it that the briti

some people are saying that britain cannot afford it.e are looking at a britain that even than the space of 5, 10 years is dramatically less potent less powerful, less capable than it was. i think as will you have seen a less active british government. prime minister cameron has not been a consequential actor on the ukraine crisis or the syrian crisis or the islamic state crisis. you look to britain as well as france and germany to bh wreck trigger of european leaders on most international crises. i think people are worried britain's best friends are worried about a diminished british capacity. katty: if you look at fact that prime minister cameron has promised his party that in 2017 to will be a referendum on britain's role in europe, how much concerned is that calls in america, the prospect of britain leaving the european union? guest: it causes considerable concern. in a way, britain is a very important member of the european union. it has preserved its own currency, but it a way britain connects the united states and canada to the eu

when britain voted to go in. it was the economic community, it was nothing like the european union, that is why britain has been resisting. i think he'll grant the referendum when he promised a cast-iron guarantee. i think he'll give to this time. it will not be a clean referendum like the swiss has, where the government is not permitted to use people's money, it will be a dirty referendum where a taxpayers money will be used, and ministers out on the polls trying to convince people to stay in the european union. he'll use the scottish vote to stay in, 56 votes, translating into a lot of people wanting to stay in the european - or go in the european union from scotland. after that, i think he will basically give scotland his independence, and, therefore, get rid of 59, of which 58 are socialist seats out of the english parliament, now called the british parliament. he will build in almost a conservative majority in england >>> let's talk about ukip, the party you helped found. it was one of the big stories of the

the confederacy, then the union would declare war on britain. it didn't seem to be a realistic prospect fighting the confederacy and britain at the same time. but it was just enough of a threat to give them some pause to step back and to continue to wait and see. [applause] thank you all very much for your questions. >> "the civil war" airs here every saturday. to watch more of our civil war programming any time visit our website. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend. >> american history tv is joining our comcast cable partners to showcase the history of fort lauderdale florida. we continue now with our look at the history of fort lauderdale. this is american history tv. >> welcome to the museum, this is the former trainer holding which was one of 200 buildings that was part of the naval air station in fort lauderdale and

the country with the greatest volume of letters was great britain. if you include the brit itch empire as a whole, they sent 437 documents, which is almost 40% of the total. wherever they came from, the letters tended to be written by political leaders. presidents heads of states. also from local political officials, town managers and that kind of thing. but there are lots and lots of letters from ordinary people as well, groups of people who got together. they referred to themselves as the citizens of this town residents of this city, sometimes used phrases like the working men wherever. they came from trade organizations, religious groups, fraternal orders and anti-slavery societies as well, not surprisingly. what did the letters say? first and foremost, the one common theme that runs through them all is that they were all expressions of sympathy, of condolence for mary lincoln and u.s. government and the american people as a whole. that's the primary content of these letters. they tended to be declarations of shock indignation anger. many asked th

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if you look at the votes, they are the third largest party in britain, but because of britain's electoratem, the constituency went the seat, all others are wasted. he only got one seat. that is because, as we see across britain, their support is very spread out. they are doing well, but they'll may came first in one constituency, so ukip is still there. the two big challenges is that mr. cameron will face, all he has now a majority in parliament, it is first, as we heard, the in-out referendum. molly: for the eu in terms of -- christophe: for the eu, it was a very risky gamble, of course, and we have no guarantee that mr. cameron will win this referendum. we are still not clear what mr. cameron wants to achieve because he says he wants a better deal with europe, but he never really laid out what he wants to achieve specifically. i'm not sure to what extent france hollande -- i am not sure what to what extent francois hollande and angela merkel are willing to reach out. what we said earlier's what we see in scotland where the scottish national party got an absolute landslide with 56 seats o

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it's a result that could have major implications for britain's relations with europe. cameron has promised a referendum on if britain should stay in the european union. >> we will deliver that inner referendum on our future in europe. as we conduct this vital work, we must ensure that we bring our country together. as i said in the small hours of this morning we will govern as a party of one nation, one united kingdom. >> with that commitment to one nation, cameron is squaring up against scottish nationalists, the other big winners in this election. the s&p took nearly all the seats in scotland. there's already talk about their pushing for another referendum on independence. >> clearly there's an opportunity for change in scotland and a strong desire or the voice to be heard much more loudly. >> the victory came at the expense of the labour party which also lost out in the rest of the u.k.. party leader ed miliband has now resigned. >> britain needs a labour party that can be built after this defeat so we can have a government that stands up for working people again. n

you might end up with a divided britain. and you might end up with one which is not instinctively as pro the transatlantic relationship as it was. >> rose: secondly, how long will it take them to form. how long do they have to put together a government? >> they have about two weeks before parliament comes back. they now have some practice at it. because of what happened last time, there was at least some element of people have had to sink through. the last time it was so unthinkable. nobody ever really thought how a coalition would work could work. and in a sense that gave cameron quite a good hand because in the debate last time, cameron, that was an election where cameron again was expected to win. and didn't quite. but he was very good at dealing with disappointment, cameron. he sort of woke up and he said fine, i will do a deal with the liberals. and i got that pushed through really quickly through his own party. and with the liberals. and got that agreement done rapidly. this time people have demanded all sorteds of thi

that's the protocolettocol in britain. but you have to ask yourself what does it look like in five years term. because you have the very real prospect of the scott oig-- a lion roared last night is how it's being described. you have the prospect of a referendum in britain's place in the european union next year. if i'm sitting in the white house this morning and i'm look at that special relationship i'm look at the prospect of a special relationship with a very diminished partpartner. >> what is it about british elections that yield the surprising results the morning after? 1980, we were all shock that had ronald reagan won as big as he won. but this has happened quite a lot in recent preliminary history. john major wasn't supposed to win. we all woke up the next morning that major had one. toney blair looking at the results in 1997 and people were absolutely staggered by the size of that victory. and here we once again have a staggering victory this time by conservatives. what is it about the british electorate that yield

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britain essentially created the world we live in. in his excellent book "god and gold" walter russell meade points out in the 16th century, many countries were poised to advance economically and politically. the hans yachtic league the low countries, france spain, but britain managed to edge out the others becoming the first great industrial economy and the modern world's first super power. it colonized and shaped countries and cultures from australia to india to africa to the western hemisphere of course, including its settlements in new york america. had spain or germany become the world's leading power, things would look very different today. there is a paradox readily apparent to visitors to the uk. london continues to thrive as a global hub, increasingly cosmopolitan and worldly. more than a third of londoners were born outside the united kingdom, and this government has been more than willing to travel around the world petitioning for investment in the city whether it be chinese, russian, or arab. that's fine as a strategy for

why are more people working in britain?ecause he reformed welfare he cut tax rates and he's allowing businesses to take risks to invest, to grow, to hire. >> yeah. >> that's right. >> he did what republicans wanted to do here. >> correct. and look at how the markets in london reacted. >> exactly. running on a campaign of tax tax, tax spend spend spend. go on off to the big bad banks, more regulation voted for the conservatives. >> did you know david axlerod the man who engineered president obama's campaign, he did over to britain and was a close advisor to the socialist. >> didn't effable well? >> by the way, no longer the leader at the party -- >> yeah, but isn't that kind of a delicious defeat, he practical committed a political -- against his brother. >> yeah. >> -- >> hold on a second. i don't know if the audience knows this. there's two brothers. >> that's right. >> they both wanted to be the leader. >> yeah. >> david and ed. >> the communist i can't get a word in. >> it's a big day. >> decaf is the answer. >> never he

britain leading?ould be an enormous burden i guess for david cameron to be known as the man who took the country out of europe. >> yes. and if he became the man who took britain out of europe. he would be the man who broke up the united kingdom. scotland is keen to remain in the union. that became clear. if britain were to vote to leave the european union we would see a new referendum on scottish independence which next time around would be likely to pass. could be a huge change in britain's position in the world. and in the clearance of the united states. if that were to come about. the problem for mr. cameron is over the next couple of years. he is going to have to set out in his negotiations for europe for change. a lot of the right-wing of his own party want him to lay down really tough conditions. it is unlike low that he will get many concessions from europe. if he then fails as the it were in those negotiations, the likelihood of britain going for a no vote. pkz that much greater, andrew. >> i

charlie: britain is going to the polls on thursday. the liberal democratic government led by david cameron faces an uncertain future. the anti-immigrant u.k. independence party is also expected to gain a significant share of national votes. john micklethwait is the bloomberg editor in chief. he edited the economist for nine years before. even though he is no longer the editor, what does that mean? john: if you choose miliband you are risking the british economy. if you choose cameron, you are risking britain leaving the european union. charlie: with miliband, you risk the economy because of the austerity policies? john: osborne has done a fantastic job keeping the economy going. a lot of skepticism about it. britain is growing faster than most of the other developed countries, europe as a whole. you have the thing of reducing the size of government. the tough thing miliband is doing is issues interfering with business, micromanagement. he is a much more left-wing leader then say tony blair and gordon brown. charlie: what are the big is

but there is no changing the fact britain is now a divided country.in an entirely different way. so how does britain remain united if you have these two detached parts. >> there's no reason david cameron would want to deliberately upset them he might feel it necessary to give extra powers to scotland. >> what is interesting is the conservative leader this morning, and the mayor of london they have been talking about giving more powers listening to scots, the word federalism has been bandied about, but in a country like britain with its history, you have no idea where this will take you. what was federalism mean in england? one country is so dominant england, over the rest of the country. so we have no idea where we are going as a country in terms of our membership in europe and our formation as a united kingdom. >> [ inaudible ]. [ laughter ] >> little england may be what is coming. >> thank you very much. >>> foreign ambassadors are reported to be among the dead in a helicopter crash in the north of pakistan. ambassadors from norway philippines, and

some say there are limits to britain's good will. >> britain is not in a situation to impose its agenda on all the other member states of europe. i'm a strong believeer of freedom of movement of workers. this is important in the european union. the british are kindly invited to bring a list of their requests. we'll give it attention and then we'll see. >> well, for more now the thorny issue that has plagued conservatives for many years because as we know there are more right-winged conservatives who think that the u.k. should come out of europe. how easy is this going to be for cameron to negotiate some sort of concessions that is going to satisfy all those people who are in the u.k. who actually don't believe that the u.k. should be part of the e.u.? it's going to a tough one. >> he's playing a tricky game. he's balancing two groups of people with different ideas. he's put himself in a position where he could potentially really disappoint people. they're going play very hard ball with him. it will be difficult to change the treaties, and he'll get minor concessions that he'll portray a

the polling stations will open in britain for the general elections.he campaign lasted for six weeks, but it is impossible to tell who will win, or if there will be a clear winner at all. they are predicting a time of uncertainty. we have more on a last minute push for votes. >> it is the frantic last-minute scramble for votes familiar in democracies around the world. this was david cameron talking to night shift workers and making another familiar pitch that the country is on the right track. change is precisely the demand of opposition leaders like labor's ed miliband. from the liberal democrats the classic offer from a centrist party to be a moderating force. british elections have become more complicated than a straight voice between labor, the liberal democrats, and conservatives. in scotland, the s&p led by the unexpected star necklace to urgent looks set -- unexpected star necklace sturgeon -- nichol as sturgon looks set for landslide. the other parties have also been thirsty for attention and votes. this is nigel farah urging his supporters not

it's going to be two years of should britain stay in should britain leave. one other thing, cameron has already said that he will not go into the next election in 2020 as prime minister. so the brits know firstly there will be a referendum. and secondly how long he's going to be there. >> wow. that packed a lot into one live shot. richard quest, thank you so much. we will see you later on in the show for more reaction. thanks so much. well the scottish and national party came in a distant third place, but may be a big story of the election day, party from six seats in parliament to a whopping 56. what becomes of the new momentum for the scots? cnn's erin mclaughlin live with more from edinburg. >> reporter: people here waking up to an absolute political earthquake. keep in mind that the scottish national party is the very same party that was pushing for that referendum back in september, pushing for a breakup of the united kingdom and for scottish independence. now, they failed there, but they're absolutely victorious in this election going from just 6 seats

crips returned to britain in the middle of january 1942. many thought he had come to claim the top job. churchill did not punch him. but he did intend to prick his bubble. he invited crips to lunch quote, well, stafford, how have you returned, friend or foe crips relied, a friendly critic oar critical friend. churchill offered him a post in the cabinet but not the war cabinet, and crips turned it down as beneath his dignity and ability. he then gave press conference about rights so interesting -- about russia, so interesting one quoted that journalist forgot to take notes and burst into applause help gave an address on the bbc. the radio. about the russians heroically coping with horrific conditions, a well-informed andwell well-checked listener wrote the trouble in the past has been that there has been no one to replace winston. now crips is the man. crips' popularity soared. simultaneously churchill's plummeted. for just at this moment came very bad war news. first, three damaged german warships sailed up the french coast without being di

this is a britain i believe in. reporter: labor has been winning support -- labour has been winning support from people who don't like the government's austerity policies. many voters feel they have paid a heavy price with the harsh reality of short-term contracts and minimum pay. recovery has not benefited them and they are blaming the prime minister. david cameron's privileged background does not go down well with working-class voters. his strategy is to fuel fears of change. david cameron: this is the election that will define this generation. do we build on the work that has been done these last five years or do we go back to square one and waste all the sacrifices all the effort that has been put in? reporter: it is likely the two main parties will be forced to seek support elsewhere. and the smaller parties will hold the balance of power. parties such as the left-wing scottish nationalists under nicholas sturgeon. and on the right, you get -- uk ip, led by nigel farage. laila: we've just two hours left for peo

britain partly because gains -- keynes has public opinion there. the al is already beginning to split apart. so the germans despite being maybe again legitimately aghast at these terms, can begin to point to divisions amongst their allies. they sent troops directly into the area. france is not that up by britain. the alliance begin the fracture very early on. the upshot of this was in 1941 france surrendered to hitler and the british responded by sinking the french fleet off the coast of algeria. that that blood was already there in the early days after versailles. maybe that was inevitable. britain and france had been traditional enemies for centuries so maybe it made sense. this sense of missed opportunity i think is significant with the u.s. there are a lot of ways the u.s. could have stayed out of the war . they could have entered the war but more wholeheartedly say we stand with our allies and that their terms and keep that army in europe to enforce them. or the u.s. could have done something more along the lines of what keynes was suggesting

or britain allies into the war zone do so at their own risk.tion of them like the two eloquent speaker of alfred here next to charles, the trusted -- in the statement by charles, that is ten years vastest of the atlantic that protect her from threatened attacks by german boats and as well as passengers, was carrying perfectly legally i should say many cases of remington rifle ammunition. and it was that ship began near the war zone on evening of the sixth of may that captured turner here. received vaguely a warning from the british admirability by the stage of war were breaking the german naval code and told him that german submarines that acted in the area that his ship was about to enter. to the passengers please not take on cabins to draw curren curtain not to show a light. but not to go below dc they slipped in public room and it was next day on 7th of may 1915 almost up to that this week. our ship released a tyranny just for violent. that green smudge of land on horizon reassured many of the passengers however, 2:10 that afternoon in the u

so i think there is a feeling that britain has turned inwards that retreated from the world. >> thank you very much, indeed. mark brown, thank you very much indeed. >> thank you. >> okay, the senior conservative politician says the expo we have been talking about prime minister the national election pointed to a clear win for his party said this the first we have heard from, if it is right it means the conservatives have clearly won this election, and labor has clearly lost it. this poll forecasts that the current prime minister party would win 3-1 6-3 and 16 seeds in the 650 seat par limit. scottish national leader predicted to do very well, such as that extremely carefully. >> now still ahead oen this program, we see more deaths in the african nation after the president insists he will run for his third term in office. this is an out of control russian spacecraft and it is coming our way, stay with us, if you can. going through the headlines for you after the u.k. polling booths close predicted the conservatives led by the incumbent are in the lead projected to get 316 seats. that i

you might end up with a divided britain. you might end up with one that is not pro-the transatlantic relationship. charlie: how long will it take them to put together a government? john: there was at least some element it was unthinkable nobody ever thought how it coalition would or could work. that gave cameron quite a good hand. in the debate last time, that was an election where he was expected to win and did not read he woke up and said, i will do a deal. he got it pushed through. got the deal pushed through. this time, people have dimensions of -- demanded all sorts of things. charlie: you are the editor of "the economist." john: i am sure he likes business week. charlie: you came here to work at bloomberg. why did you do that? john: the economist was one of the best jobs in the world. it was time for a change. i would rather change to something completely different than -- charlie: did you like the appeal of coming to america? john: i did. i think america continues, not just in terms of the economy and business, to be

they have a lot of earthquakes in this new britain region.course it's very close to the city that underwent a large volume foe eruption in the 1990s from the volcano and thankfully this is not expected to cause any damage and it would have been felt in the city of rabal but i would not expect any damage from a distance of 3, 400 kilometers away. >> as we mentioned the tsunami threat seems to have gone away but what about the possibility of the volcanos because as we mentioned it's also sitting on the rim of fire and so what about this sparking volcanic activity? >> it's away and volcanos are not connected by that sort of distance so it's not expected that a volcano would erupt except there are volcanos potentially closer to where this earthquake has occurred. there is a line of volcanos behind every zone and you will find them through indonesia and papa new guinea in the region and hope the volcano will not go crazy right now but certainly we should be weary of further earthquake activity. we hope this is not a fore shock of something larger.

underneath those hills are all of britain's nuclear weapons. if a nuclear weapon dropped on this area, a significant part of the west of scottland would be inaccessible for 500 years. >> ever since the referendum on scottish independence failed, many scots are of the same opinion. they're worried about a nuclear attack, and about accidents with the nuclear fleet. there have already been minor incidents during maintenance. and these two anti-nuclear activists were able to gain access to the base and even one of the submarines. jamie: it highlights the problem of hosting these weapons, that they are vulnerable and that they could present a target for those with malign intentions. >> heather stuart and jamie watson live in the peace camp that activists set up next to the naval base decades ago. they observe every movement of the vessels, and mount roadblocks as protests, especially against the planned modernization of the fleet. the government in london wants to spend billions of euros on upgraded submarines and missiles. jamie: it's about maintai

is britain turning inwards? was this a momentary thing?, i think there's a secular shift going on which is that britain has a diminished role in the world, and both parties weren't intending to change that. and under david cameron's first administration, britain's role in the world, i think, shrank quite dramatically. you can tell me if you agree. certainly from this side of the atlantic, it felt as though britain was playing a much smaller role in the global stage. who is the go-to person in europe now? frankly, angela merkel, ukraine or any other crisis in europe. what is surprising is how little role europe played in britain's own relationship with europe. the one thing a tory government means is we're going to have a referendum in this country before the end of 2017 on our membership of the european union. david cameron pledged that he would renegotiate britain's relationship with the eu by the end of 2017 and bring the renegotiated settlement to an up or down referendum to the british people. that's a huge amount of uncertainty that l

his parents came to britain as refugees from the nazis. miliband call for a united fairer country. >> it's only when working people succeed that britain succeeds. >> however, plans to increase taxes on big companies worried business leaders. it's figures from outside the mainstream that have been shaking up british politics and influencing voters in ways inconceivable a few years ago. this is nigel farrage, leader of the u.k. independence party. he's been a thorpe in the side of many. >> there are now more euro skeptics in the parliament. blasting britain's political union and the arrest of the continent. he wants a seat on the u.k. parliament. the former trader grained ground with two policies, leaving the e.u. and cutting immigration. then there's niklas sturgeon, a new leader of the scottish national party and first minister of the scottish government. the snp is committed to ended austerity and the trident nuclear programme. they are expected to win the vast majority of the scottish seats. it could be this man, deputy prime minister ni

capturing up to 59 seats in britain 650 seat parliament. labor's ed milliband needs them to become a coalition prime minister. >> you have a political party scottish nationalist party which could be in a position in 72 hours time where it's bargaining to become a member of the coalition government yet it disagrees in principle with the united kingdom. >> ahmed hamed says one government seems like the next. >> they don't have a really strong item about what to do in the future. >> mike gate says there's a worst case scenario. >> i'd say no, neither labor nor conservative can easily form a government and we end up with months of uncertainty with potentially david cameron trying to squat as a kind of care taker. >> some are predicting if a government emerges in this election it may be so shaky another election could be necessary soon. >> and antonio, i don't think you'll see any quick projections 50 television networks here tomorrow -- by the television networks here , as soon as the polls close at 10:00. we'll probably hear from some of the l

. >> millions in britain cast their votes with a turn out of about 66%.all the results in the conservative party claimed an out right majority in parliament with 331 seats. let's bring in robin oakley for analysis on this election. robin, good day to you. you have part of the country essentially supporting austerity and another part, the more liberal block that feels quite the opposite. how does the prime minister united this country? >> yes, he has a huge balancing problem, george, has david cameron. the scottish nationalists, they're a party well to the left of any of the others in british politics at the moment. they are entirely anti the austerity program. they have 56 of the 59 seats in scotland. they say they'll make sure that austerity is the issue. but what can they actually do because david cameron has an overall majority in the parliament and it's difficult to see what the scottish nationals can achieve which is only going to raise further fears of pressure for another referendum on scottish independence north of the border. and david cameron ha

however, britain's ally france was about to surrender. neither the soviet union nor the united states had entered the war yet. the british empire would soon stand alone against hitler to have most of europe at his feet. .. >> >> it should stay up in the northeast. alexander expected this in size of attacks have the matter in hand. this reveals the war cabinet at a moment of extreme peril absolute focused on saving their country and confident they can do it despite all odds. yet there are obvious divisions among the groups with an ideological divide i will not talk about it more in this talk but instead first of all, about a fairly obvious to by the conservative ministers were all more or less will be some more aristocrats. as they come from next backgrounds cripps was the son of the lord but morrison was from a policeman and. the illegitimate son of a of a woman who has labored on the docks the only member of the cabinet to earn his living as a manual laborer. one can perceive the notes in the letters they wrote to one another in the cons

independence party which ones britain to pull out of the european union. promised a referendum on whether britain should remain in the eu and only part that promised to keep defense spending as it is and that's important for washington with britain being a key nato ally. and it means that with the importance of these small parties in forming a coalition government, even when we get results on friday it could be a long time yet before we find out who will be a number 10 and next british prime minister to meet the president. >> alistair thanks so much. >>> the u.s. and britain may be inseparable allies but the election process could not be more different. nearly ten are running for president with 553 days left until our election. >> around the corner. >> the entire campaign season lasts 38 days. let's bring in bbc's north america editor john who is going to win this thing and why should americans outside of washington, d.c. care? >> reporter: well i mean we used to have such easy elections like you do in the states where it's either red or blue and nothing e

an issue in the election is britain's nuclear submarine defense system known as triedent. the next parliament and prime minister will have to decide if to renew it. >> reporter: it's an explosive issue in britain's general election, what to do with the ageing fleet of trident nuclear-armed submarines. >> a conservative government orders for replacement submarines. david cameron and his conservative party want to upgrade the nuclear fleet. the opposition liberal labour party, led by ed miliband pledged to renew trident. >> we are committed to an independent nuclear deterrent. >> labour left the door open to cutting the fleet. and the scottish national party, which could be the third largest party is dead set against nuclear weapons, let alone spending $17.5 million to upgrid trident. >> i disagree with renewing the trident system on principle. >> it's not just the brits who are invested. >> n.a.t.o. is an alliance of 28 countries. >> he may be billed as the independent nuclear shield, but is a pillar of n.a.t.o.'s capabilities. >> it's clear from the noises that they value

then, this eu referendum that we are likely to get in britain in 2017. if britain decides to vote to exit the european union, then nicola sturgeon, the first minister, has said she would then consider a second referendum. they only want to do that if they know they can win it. they can't lose two referendums in a row. that is a big question now as we head to what looks like a cameron-led coalition of some form. anna: tom mackenzie live on the ground in glasgow. it is shaping up to be a very difficult night for labor. the party has high-profile defeats at the hands of the s&p in scotland, with scottish labor leader jim murphy and shadow secretary douglas alexander both failing to hold their seats. the labor leader, ed miliband, apologizing to party members who lost their seats in scotland. >> the results are still coming in, but this has been a disappointing and difficult night for the labour party. we haven't made the gains we wanted -- and in scotland we've seen a surge of nationalism overwhelm our party. i want to say to all the dedicated and decent co

isn't that a sign that britain is unwilling to act like a global power?if you look at what we're doing now, i think the evidence says the opposite. yes, that vote took place during the holiday season in august at short notice. if you look at what we're doing now in the u.s.-led coalition against isil, it's really very significant what we're doing in iraq. we're also active in syria. we're not taking part in air strikes in syria. that's indeed the case. but we're very engaged in the campaign to get rid of bashar al assad. we're engaged with our partners to try to reinvigorate the political track but we're also involved in training and equipping the moderate syrian opposition. we're helping with isr facilities in iraq. and we're doing a great deal with air tanking, with precision bombing, with trade and equip, with counter ied especially support to the iraqi armed forces. we are significant players. so i think you should judge us by what is going on, by our action, and also by our very substantial investment programs for the future of our military capabilit