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One might imagine that state governors are none too happy about it and addressing the National Governors association today, the president called out Speaker Boehner saying all it takes to avoid the ax is just a little compromise. I stand by those commitments to make the reforms for smart spending cuts. But we also need republicans to adopt the same approach to tax reform that Speaker Boehner championed just two months ago. So will Speaker Boehner agree to sensible balanced measures on the debt or will he dig in his heels. Three guesses and the first two dont count. With us from washington is m...

Britain is a vassal state, in hock to United States business, which owns us lock, stock and barrel. Scratch the surface of almost any major British enterprise - be it retail, technology, the City, our health service, even government itself - and you'll discover American ownership.

Physical reality all too often masked by history is dragged out in gory details not for the squeamish in Paul Carlucci's debut novel

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The special relationship isn't quite what it was – Britain has been the subject of a takeover by the USA, its influence being felt everywhere.