Mary Harrington, Helen Thompson & Aaron Bastani

Time for Britain to divorce America?


November 18, 2025
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From Farage’s flirtations with Trump to Palantir’s takeover of the NHS, has Britain already become the 51st state of America? As industry, services and politics all cede control to forces across the pond, the question of British cultural independence is more vexed than ever. Professor Helen Thompson, UnHerd columnist Mary Harrington and Novara Media’s Aaron Bastani come together to chart the US-ification of our everyday lives, and what happens next.


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