Episode
Americano: what have Britons got against America?
- Podcast
- Best of the Spectator
- Published
- May 17, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 2297
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Summary
British favourability dropped sharply sometime around 2016 and then further declined in 2024. Trump is clearly the main driver of negative feelings, although not the only one. There was much antipathy in 2020, which may have been related to the election but seems more likely due to the chaotic scenes that followed George Floyd’s death. To discuss this, Freddy Gray is joined by Ed West, who has written about this for his Substack The Wrong Side of History. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.