Vassal State: How America Runs Britain by Angus Hanton

We’ve become hollowed out David49 we rely so much on other countries now. Our vulnerability may come back to bite us down the line.

The key aim of the Chinese involvement in British Steel now appears to have been with to close it down and make us reliant on their goods.

Chinese built electric cars are to be banned from British military bases for fear of spying.

Yet, all the while, a huge new nuclear power station is current under construction in Somerset (just up the road from me) by the Chinese and the French.

I have no idea why that is not considered a major risk in terms of energy supply - or worse.

No surprises there we have been selling off national assets for decades and closing our core industries, then we decided to sell off our utilities to foreigners Kidding ourselves that a service economy would be our salvation, all in the name of short term gain.

It hasn’t.

Not just to America. Also China, and the burgeoning number of Sovereign Wealth Funds.

The last people to have a say in the day to day running of this country, are the British

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