You recall how Nixon opposed Anglo French efforts.
As a British citizen, I think that the Suez Crisis, would have been a lot worse under U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Although Nixon had opposed the idea of Anglo French forces, in supporting Israel, he did loan out military equipement to ensure the USSR would not spread communism into Northern Africa.
Prime Minister, Anthony Eden strengthened Britain's role as a superpower, being Prime Minister from 1955 to 1963, handing over power to his secretary of War, Harold Macmillan, who would continue the legacy of the Conservative party for another 5 years.
The Conservative Party would be the dominant party for the next 50 years, seeing it being kept closer to the Centre by its Liberal allies.
The labour party, is forced to stay near the Centre with more socialist MPs such as Harold Wilson and Michael Foot losing their bids for leadership.
In 1980 Roy Jenkins won his bid to become leader of the labour Party and a year later, beat Margaret Thatcher. With himself and three fellow moderates; David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams, denounced the Trotskyist factions whose views and behaviour they considered to be at odds with the Parliamentary Labour Party and Labour voters.
The Trotskyist factions went on to form the British Socialist Party.
List of British Prime Ministers
1951-55: Winston Churchill (Conservative Majority)
1955-63: Anthony Eden (Conservative Majority)
1963-68: Harold Macmillan (Conservative Majority)
1968-72: Edward Heath (Con-Liberal Coalition)
1972-77: Michael Stewart (Labour Majority)
1977-79: Reginald Maudling (Conservative Majority) [Died in Office]
1979-83: Margaret Thatcher (Con-Liberal Coalition)
1981-85: Roy Jenkins (Labour Majority)
1987-92: Michael Heseltine (Conservative Majority)
1992-97: Paddy Ashdown (Labour Majority)
1997-2005: Michael Howard (Conservative Majority)
2005-10: Charles Kennedy (Labour-British Socialist Party Coalition)
2010-15: Kenneth Clarke (Conservative Majority)