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Hello and welcome to the Americano podcast, a series of discussions about American politics, power and prejudices.

This year, 2024, is an election year in America, a presidential election year.

And so we will be doing two podcasts a week,

rather than our usual one, because we want to and because we know you can't get enough

Americano in your life. I am delighted to be joined today by Angus Hanton, who is an entrepreneur,

investor and researcher. He also co-founded the Intergenerational Foundation.

And he has written a book called Vassal State, How America Runs Britain.

I'm also joined to discuss this very interesting topic by William Cluston,

who is head of the Social Democratic Party.

And we're just going to be talking about whether America really does run Britain, as you state, in your book.

And I thought I'd start.

I was going to do it in an American accent, but I'm not feeling up to it, by quoting this

quote from Denny Ludwell, who wrote America Conquers Britain.

He says, we were Britain's colony once.

She will be our colony before she's done. Not in

name, but in fact. But we shan't make Britain's mistake. Too wise to govern the world. We shall

merely own it. Nothing can stop us. Nothing. What chance has Britain got against America?

And that's a pretty good question, isn't it, in the modern world? What chance does Britain have against America?

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