‘Britain Has Sold Its Economy to the US’ – Angus Hanton on How America Really Runs Britain

Feb 11, 2025 | Angus Hanton, author of Vassal State: How America Runs Britain, joins Freddy Gray to talk about the economic relationship between Britain and America. As the world adjusts to the new US administration, every day seems to bring news of new potential tariffs. Is the UK a prime target for Trump? What could the impact on tariffs be? And what are the long-term questions facing British politicians about both the economic and political relationship with the US?

So much for the sovereignty we got back after Brexit! And so much for Thatcher’s jumble sale of all things British! What a sh***y mess we have got ourselves into! – © Mark Alexander