Culturally the UK is definitely a European nation. I'm talking about the country as a whole, not about the (London) City which - like other financial centres -

Culturally the UK is definitely a European nation. I'm talking about the country as a whole, not about the (London) City which - like other financial centres - is part of the global financial nation no matter where it happens to be located. Politically the UK used to have a special connection to the USA (which made other Europeans sometimes refer to it as "Airstrip 1" or "the 51st state") but it is debatable whether this is still the case.