Words Matter is excited to bring to you this preview of the Ashcroft in America podcast.

I'm Michael Ashcroft, the founder of Lord Ashcroft Poles, and this is the Ashcroft

in America podcast.

For the past two years, I've been privileged to work with some of my favorite Brits

in the world with the Lord Ashcroft Poles outfit and we have been conducting research

on voters in America and their attitudes about American politics and Lord Michael Ashcroft

is the man behind the project and the research and he is here today, Michael.

How are you?

I'm very well indeed, Alisa.

Very pleased to be here.

So Lord Ashcroft, he is the former deputy chair of the Conservative Party in the UK and

he is the author of many books, most recently White Flag, a book about British defence

and I believe the lack of funding but tell us about your new book.

Well the book is White Flag.

It's actually got a question mark after the word flag as to whether Britain is in fact

running up the White Flag in its place in the world as a defence nation and this has

been a two year study as to the threats that now face the United Kingdom and will not

adjust the United Kingdom.

It faces the world of whether it's Russian cyber security, terrorism, basic warfare and

whether Britain is capable with the resources and power that it has in order to resist those

threats and I think you'll find that the conclusion of it is that we are not and the book does

not go further into recommendations as to what the UK should do.

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