18 November 2025
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.